immigrant vs parvenu

immigrant

noun
  • A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist. 

  • A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there. 

adj
  • Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating. 

parvenu

adj
  • Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu. 

noun
  • A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class. 

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