dare vs prowess

dare

noun
  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

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

  • A small fish, the dace 

  • 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) 

prowess

noun
  • An act of distinguished bravery or courage; a heroic deed. 

  • Distinguished bravery or courage, especially in battle; heroism. 

  • Skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity. 

  • An act of adroitness or dexterity. 

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