icon vs poster child

icon

noun
  • A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. 

  • A small picture that represents something. 

  • An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. 

  • A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. 

  • A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. 

poster child

noun
  • One who is a prototypical or quintessential example of something. 

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