achieve vs contrive

achieve

verb
  • To carry out successfully; to accomplish. 

  • Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved. 

  • To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance. 

  • To obtain (a material thing). 

  • To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. 

contrive

verb
  • To invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise 

  • To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation. 

  • To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light. 

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