outcast vs parvenu

outcast

noun
  • One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper. 

  • The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting. 

  • A quarrel. 

  • Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit. 

verb
  • To cast out; to banish. 

adj
  • That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. 

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. 

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

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