paladin vs saint

paladin

noun
  • A defender or advocate of a noble cause. 

  • Any of the twelve Companions of the court of Emperor Charlemagne. 

  • A heroic champion, especially a knight. 

saint

noun
  • A person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue. 

  • A person with positive qualities; one who does good. 

  • One of the blessed in heaven. 

verb
  • To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint. 

prefix
  • A prefix attached to another term, used to create placenames. The resultant placename need not be associated with any religious saint character. 

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