hunter vs trapper

hunter

noun
  • One who hunts or seeks after anything. 

  • A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively. 

  • A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches. 

  • A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting. 

  • One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman. 

  • A dog used in hunting. 

  • A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider. 

trapper

noun
  • One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc. 

  • An ornamental covering for a horse. See trapping and caparison. 

  • A performer of trap music. 

  • A (usually, child) worker who opens and shuts a door in a gallery or level of a mine, to manage ventilation and access. 

  • A drug dealer. See also trap house. 

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