folk vs traditional

folk

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history. 

  • Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites. 

  • Of or related to local building materials and styles. 

  • Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous. 

noun
  • People in general. 

  • The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. 

  • One’s relatives, especially one’s parents. 

  • A particular group of people. 

traditional

adj
  • Of, relating to, or derived from tradition. 

  • Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only. 

  • Relating to traditional Chinese. 

  • Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned. 

  • In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time. 

noun
  • A person with traditional beliefs. 

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