yogi vs yogist

yogi

noun
  • A devotee or adherent of yoga. 

verb
  • To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging. 

  • To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga. 

yogist

noun
  • A practitioner of yoga. 

adj
  • Pertaining to yogism. 

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