cackle vs dare

cackle

verb
  • To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. 

  • To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry. 

  • To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation. 

  • To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does. 

noun
  • The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg. 

  • Futile or excessively noisy talk. 

  • A group of hyenas. 

  • A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose. 

dare

verb
  • To terrify; to daunt. 

  • To have enough courage (to do something). 

  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to 

  • To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. 

  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something) 

noun
  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. 

  • A small fish, the dace 

  • Defiance; challenge. 

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