machinator vs plotter

machinator

noun
  • One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. 

plotter

noun
  • A person who plots. 

  • An author who usually relies on a plan or outline to organize their story. 

  • An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens. 

  • An instrument used to mark or find the position of a vessel on a chart. 

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