cowardice vs temerity

cowardice

noun
  • Lack of courage. 

temerity

noun
  • Reckless boldness; foolish bravery. 

  • An act or case of reckless boldness. 

  • Effrontery; impudence. 

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