fiend vs practitioner

fiend

noun
  • An addict or fanatic. 

  • A very evil person. 

  • A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit. 

verb
  • To yearn; to be desperate (for something). 

practitioner

noun
  • One who does anything customarily or habitually. 

  • A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine. 

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