dastard vs skulker

dastard

noun
  • A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak. 

adj
  • Meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly. 

verb
  • To dastardize. 

skulker

noun
  • One who stays where they cannot be seen (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm). 

  • One who moves in a stealthy or furtive way; one who comes or goes while trying to avoid detection. 

  • One who avoids an obligation or responsibility. 

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