nimble vs operant

nimble

adj
  • Quickwitted and alert. 

  • Adept at taking or grasping 

  • Quick and light in movement or action. 

verb
  • To move nimbly. 

operant

adj
  • That operates to produce an effect. 

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

  • An operative person or thing. 

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