brave vs caitiff

brave

adj
  • Strong in the face of fear; courageous. 

  • Making a fine show or display. 

  • Foolish or unwise. 

verb
  • After braving tricks on the high-dive, he braved a jump off the first diving platform. 

  • To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke. 

caitiff

adj
  • Especially despicable; cowardly 

noun
  • A base or despicable person; a wretch 

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