insubordinate vs rebel

insubordinate

noun
  • A person who defies authority. 

adj
  • Rebellious or defiant to authority. 

  • Contumacious. 

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 insubordinate and rebel occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )