forte vs skill

forte

noun
  • A strength or talent. 

  • A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music. 

  • The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt. 

adv
  • Loudly. 

adj
  • Loud. Used as a dynamic directive in sheet music in its abbreviated form, "f.", to indicate raising the volume of the music. (Abbreviated in musical notation with an f, the Unicode character 1D191.) 

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. 

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. 

adj
  • Great, excellent. 

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