prostitute vs whore

prostitute

noun
  • A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. 

  • Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. 

  • A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. 

adj
  • Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute. 

verb
  • To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes. 

  • To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. 

whore

noun
  • Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment. 

  • A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut. 

  • A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain. 

  • A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired. 

  • A contemptible person. 

verb
  • To prostitute oneself. 

  • To engage the services of a prostitute. 

  • To promote shamelessly. 

  • To pimp; to pander. 

  • To pursue false gods. 

  • To pursue false goals. 

  • To overuse something. 

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