dare vs lunge

dare

noun
  • A small fish, the dace 

  • 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. 

  • Defiance; challenge. 

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) 

lunge

noun
  • A fish, the namaycush. 

  • A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing. 

  • A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword. 

  • An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position. 

verb
  • To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging). 

  • To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing). 

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