bent vs skill

bent

noun
  • An inclination or talent. 

  • A predisposition to act or react in a particular way. 

  • The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity. 

  • Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. 

  • Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course. 

  • Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams. 

  • Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing. 

  • Any of various stiff or reedy grasses. 

  • A grassy area, grassland. 

  • The old dried stalks of grasses. 

  • A declivity or slope, as of a hill. 

adj
  • Homosexual. 

  • Inaccurately aimed. 

  • Suffering from the bends. 

  • Corrupt, dishonest. 

  • Determined or insistent. 

  • Folded, dented. 

  • High from both marijuana and alcohol. 

  • leading a life of crime. 

skill

noun
  • Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate. 

adj
  • Great, excellent. 

verb
  • To know; to understand. 

  • To have knowledge or comprehension; discern. 

  • To set apart; separate. 

  • To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to). 

  • To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous. 

  • To spend acquired points in exchange for skills. 

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