pushover vs stooge

pushover

noun
  • Someone who lets him/herself be picked or bullied on without defending or standing up for him/herself. 

  • Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply. 

  • Something that is easy to do or accomplish; an easy task. 

stooge

noun
  • One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe. 

  • A magician's assistant who pretends to be a member of the audience. 

  • A confederate; a person who is secretly working for the researcher, unknown to the study participant. 

  • A straight man. 

  • A secret informant for police. 

verb
  • To act as a straight man. 

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