skill vs wit

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. 

wit

noun
  • Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning. 

  • 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. 

  • Intelligence; common sense. 

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