dastard vs miscreant

dastard

noun
  • A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak. 

adj
  • Meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly. 

verb
  • To dastardize. 

miscreant

noun
  • One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain. 

  • One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever. 

  • One who has behaved badly, or illegally. 

adj
  • Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous. 

  • Holding an incorrect religious belief. 

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