candor vs contrivance

candor

noun
  • The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. 

  • Impartiality. 

contrivance

noun
  • Something overly artful or artificial. 

  • A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective. 

  • A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task. 

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