convenience vs the thing

convenience

noun
  • Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item. 

  • The quality of being convenient. 

  • A convenient time. 

verb
  • To make convenient 

the thing

noun
  • The needful thing: something suitable for the purpose. 

  • The desired thing: someone or something that is popularly favored. 

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