sleight vs stratagem

sleight

noun
  • Cunning; craft; artful practice. 

  • An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation. 

  • Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. 

stratagem

noun
  • Cunning and artifice in general. 

  • Military deception or artifice. 

  • A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception. 

  • Specifically, such a tactic or artifice in military operation. 

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