sporting vs straightforward

sporting

adj
  • Fair, generous; ‘game’. 

  • Exhibiting sportsmanship. 

  • Pertaining to sports 

noun
  • The act of taking part in a sport. 

straightforward

adj
  • direct; forthright; frank; sincere 

  • proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating 

  • easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty 

adv
  • In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly. 

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