professor vs sage

professor

noun
  • A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank. 

  • The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." 

  • A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc. 

  • The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman. 

sage

noun
  • A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher. 

  • Any plant in the genus Salvia 

  • The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes. 

  • Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic. 

adj
  • wise. 

intj
  • Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software. 

verb
  • The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply. 

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