rearmost vs rearward

rearmost

adj
  • Furthest to the rear. 

  • The rearmost member of the strike team walked backward to guard them from a surprise attack from behind. 

rearward

adj
  • Toward the back or rear of something. 

noun
  • The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. 

  • The part that comes last or is situated in the rear; conclusion, wind-up. 

adv
  • Toward the back or rear of something. 

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