villain vs vulture

villain

noun
  • An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes. 

  • A vile, wicked person. 

  • Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”). 

  • In fiction, a character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero. 

  • A deliberate scoundrel. 

vulture

noun
  • A person who profits from the suffering of others. 

  • Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae. 

verb
  • To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture. 

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