proponent vs sustainer

proponent

noun
  • One who supports something; an advocate 

  • One who makes a proposal or proposition. 

  • One who propounds a will for probate. 

adj
  • Making proposals; proposing. 

sustainer

noun
  • A person or thing that sustains. 

  • A person who makes regular donations, especially to a public radio or television station. 

  • A rocket engine that remains with a spacecraft during its ascent after the separation of the booster engines. 

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