dodge vs tactic

dodge

noun
  • An act of dodging. 

  • A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.) 

  • A line of work. 

adj
  • Dodgy. 

verb
  • To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. 

  • To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way. 

  • To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn). 

  • To avoid; to sidestep. 

tactic

noun
  • A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end. 

  • A maneuver used against an enemy. 

  • A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material. 

adj
  • Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical 

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