finesse vs reveal

finesse

verb
  • To obtain something from someone through trickery or manipulation. 

  • To play (a card) as a finesse. 

  • To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem. 

  • To attempt to win a trick by finessing. 

  • To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. 

noun
  • An adroit manoeuvre. 

  • The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill. 

  • In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over. 

  • Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation. 

reveal

verb
  • To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction. 

  • To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden. 

noun
  • The outer side of a window or door frame. 

  • A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story. 

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