plot vs trick

plot

noun
  • Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue. 

  • An area or land used for building on or planting on. 

  • A plan; a purpose. 

  • A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device. 

  • Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy. 

  • Attractive physical attributes of characters involved in a story, originating from ironic juxtaposition with the original meaning (course of the story). 

  • A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. 

  • The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. 

verb
  • To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc). 

  • To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc). 

  • To trace out (a graph or diagram). 

trick

noun
  • An effective, clever or quick way of doing something. 

  • A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution. 

  • A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs. 

  • Something designed to fool or swindle. 

  • A term of abuse. 

  • A knot, braid, or plait of hair. 

  • A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined. 

  • A customer or client of a prostitute. 

  • A toy; a trifle; a plaything. 

  • A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick. 

  • A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long. 

  • Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank. 

  • An entertaining difficult physical action. 

verb
  • To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out. 

  • To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive. 

  • To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words). 

adj
  • Defective or unreliable. 

  • Involving trickery or deception. 

  • Stylish or cool. 

  • Able to perform tricks. 

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