prey vs sufferer

prey

noun
  • The victim of a disease. 

  • That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured 

  • A person or thing given up as a victim. 

  • A living thing that is eaten by another living thing. 

verb
  • To act as a predator. 

sufferer

noun
  • One who is afflicted. 

  • One who suffers. 

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