dead calm vs serene

dead calm

adj
  • Completely still with no waves and no wind. 

noun
  • The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind. 

serene

adj
  • Calm, peaceful, unruffled. 

  • Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance. 

  • Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence. 

verb
  • To make serene. 

noun
  • Serenity; clearness; calmness. 

  • A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset. 

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