helper vs operant

helper

noun
  • One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary. 

  • That which helps; anything serving to assist. 

  • A locomotive that assists a train, usually on steep gradients. 

  • A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee. 

operant

noun
  • An operative person or thing. 

  • Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment. 

adj
  • That operates to produce an effect. 

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