discernment vs wit

discernment

noun
  • Perceptiveness. 

  • The condition of understanding. 

  • The act of distinguishing between things. 

  • The ability to distinguish between things. 

  • Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation. 

  • The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity. 

  • Discretion in judging objectively. 

  • The ability to perceive differences that exist. 

  • The ability to distinguish; judgement. 

wit

noun
  • Intelligence; common sense. 

  • Humour, especially when clever or quick. 

  • Sanity. 

  • A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty. 

  • The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints. 

  • Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning. 

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