miscreant vs welcher

miscreant

noun
  • One who has behaved badly, or illegally. 

  • One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever. 

  • One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain. 

adj
  • Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous. 

  • Holding an incorrect religious belief. 

welcher

noun
  • One who welches. 

  • A Welshman or person of Welsh descent. 

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