apt vs competent

apt

adj
  • Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn. 

  • Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited. 

  • Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards. 

noun
  • An apartment; a flat. 

competent

adj
  • Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. 

  • Resistant to deformation or flow. 

  • Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question. 

  • Adequate for the purpose. 

  • Permeable to foreign DNA. 

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