ingenuous vs naive

ingenuous

adj
  • Unsophisticated; clumsy or obvious. 

  • Straightforward, candid, open, and frank. 

  • Naive and trusting. 

  • Demonstrating childlike simplicity. 

  • Unable to mask one's feelings. 

naive

adj
  • Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. 

  • Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques. 

  • Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem. 

  • Not having been exposed to something. 

noun
  • A naive person; a greenhorn. 

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