neighbour vs resident

neighbour

noun
  • A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position. 

  • One who is near in sympathy or confidence. 

  • A fellow human being. 

verb
  • To be similar to, to be almost the same as. 

  • To associate intimately with; to be close to. 

  • To be adjacent to 

resident

noun
  • A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area. 

  • A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year. 

  • A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador. 

  • A physician receiving specialized medical training. 

  • A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency. 

adj
  • Based in a particular place; on hand; local. 

  • Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory. 

  • Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate. 

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