pretender vs whore

pretender

noun
  • One who pretends or lays claim to something; one who makes a profession, show, or assertion, esp. without adequate grounds, falsely, or with intent to deceive; a dissembler, deceiver, charlatan, hypocrite. 

  • A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; orig. in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title. 

  • A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold. 

  • One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions. 

  • A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne. 

whore

noun
  • A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain. 

  • A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut. 

  • A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired. 

  • A contemptible person. 

  • Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment. 

verb
  • To prostitute oneself. 

  • To engage the services of a prostitute. 

  • To promote shamelessly. 

  • To pimp; to pander. 

  • To pursue false gods. 

  • To pursue false goals. 

  • To overuse something. 

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