setter vs thrower

setter

noun
  • The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack. 

  • One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination. 

  • A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter. 

  • A long-haired breed of gundog. 

  • One who hunts victims for sharpers. 

  • A typesetter. 

  • One who adapts words to music in composition. 

  • A shallow seggar for porcelain. 

  • A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets. 

verb
  • To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. 

thrower

noun
  • Someone who throws. 

  • Something that throws. 

  • A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it. 

  • The pitcher. 

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