cunning vs skill

cunning

noun
  • Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity. 

  • The natural wit or instincts of an animal. 

  • The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful. 

  • Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic. 

adj
  • Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour. 

skill

noun
  • Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate. 

adj
  • Great, excellent. 

verb
  • To know; to understand. 

  • To have knowledge or comprehension; discern. 

  • To set apart; separate. 

  • To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to). 

  • To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous. 

  • To spend acquired points in exchange for skills. 

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