guerrilla vs rebel

guerrilla

noun
  • A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids. 

adj
  • Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators. 

  • Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing. 

  • Using unconventional, non-traditional, non-mainstream and often subversive practices to achieve something. 

rebel

noun
  • A person who resists an established authority, often violently. 

  • Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier. 

verb
  • To resist or become defiant toward an authority. 

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