artless vs knowing

artless

adj
  • Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit. 

  • Free of artificiality; natural. 

  • Poorly made or done; crude. 

  • Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant. 

knowing

adj
  • Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning. 

  • The ability to know something without being taught. 

  • Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding. 

  • Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. 

  • Deliberate, wilful. 

  • Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic. 

prep
  • Given my knowledge about someone or something. 

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

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