dodge vs stunt

dodge

noun
  • An act of dodging. 

  • A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.) 

  • A line of work. 

adj
  • Dodgy. 

verb
  • To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. 

  • To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way. 

  • To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn). 

  • To avoid; to sidestep. 

stunt

noun
  • A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line. 

  • A check in growth. 

  • That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing. 

  • A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber. 

  • A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills. 

verb
  • To check or hinder the growth or development of. 

  • To perform a stunt. 

  • To show off; to posture. 

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