operant vs worker

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. 

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 operant and worker occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )