tattletale vs town crier

tattletale

noun
  • One who gossips, often for the sake of attention. 

  • One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention. 

verb
  • To act as a tattletale; to tell on; to give away, reveal, or expose. 

adj
  • telltale; giveaway 

town crier

noun
  • A gossip 

  • A person who is employed by a town council to make public announcements in the streets 

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