applicant vs office-seeker

applicant

noun
  • A party who initiates legal proceedings against another party. 

  • The third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system. 

  • One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner. 

office-seeker

How often have the words applicant and office-seeker occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )