auxiliary vs supporting

auxiliary

adj
  • Helping; giving assistance or support. 

  • Supplementary or subsidiary. 

  • Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances. 

  • Of a ship, having both sails and an engine. 

  • Relating to an auxiliary verb. 

noun
  • A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner. 

  • An auxiliary verb. 

  • A marching band colorguard. 

  • A sailing vessel equipped with an engine. 

supporting

adj
  • That supports. 

noun
  • That which supports something else; a support. 

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