come out vs skulk

come out

verb
  • To be deducted from. 

  • To express one's opinion openly. 

  • To make a debut in a new field. 

  • To come out of the closet. 

  • To walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings. 

  • To end up or result. 

  • To go on strike, especially out of solidarity with other workers. 

  • To be discovered, be revealed. 

  • To become visible in the sky as a result of clouds clearing away. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out. 

  • To be published, be issued. 

skulk

verb
  • To avoid an obligation or responsibility. 

  • To stay where one cannot be seen, conceal oneself (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm). 

  • To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection. 

noun
  • The act of moving in a stealthy or furtive way. 

  • A stealthy or furtive gait or way of moving. 

  • A group of people seen as being fox-like (e.g. cunning, dishonest, or having nefarious plans). 

  • A group of foxes. 

  • The act of avoiding an obligation or responsibility. 

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