gambit vs ruse

gambit

noun
  • Any ploy or stratagem. 

  • An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage. 

  • A remark intended to open a conversation. 

verb
  • To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage. 

ruse

noun
  • Cunning, guile, trickery. 

  • An action intended to deceive; a trick. 

verb
  • To deceive or trick using a ruse. 

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