navvy vs worker

navvy

noun
  • A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad. 

verb
  • To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project. 

worker

noun
  • A person who performs labor for a living, especially manual labor. 

  • A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp. 

  • A female ant, bee, termite or wasp. 

  • A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program. 

How often have the words navvy and worker occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )