contrivance vs reality

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. 

reality

noun
  • A real entity, event, or other fact. 

  • The entirety of all that is real. 

  • The real world. 

  • The state of being actual or real; realness. 

  • An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real. 

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