other vs runner-up

other

noun
  • The other one; the second of two. 

  • An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another. 

verb
  • To regard, label, or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien. 

  • To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise. 

det
  • Not the one or ones previously referred to. 

adj
  • See other (determiner) below. 

  • Alien. 

  • Different. 

  • Second. 

runner-up

noun
  • Second favourite. 

  • The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first. 

How often have the words other and runner-up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )