stooge vs taker

stooge

noun
  • One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe. 

  • A magician's assistant who pretends to be a member of the audience. 

  • A confederate; a person who is secretly working for the researcher, unknown to the study participant. 

  • A straight man. 

  • A secret informant for police. 

verb
  • To act as a straight man. 

taker

noun
  • One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something. 

  • Are there any takers for helping me clean the garage this weekend? 

  • One who takes something. 

  • A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives. 

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