ingenuousness vs stratagem

ingenuousness

noun
  • An ingenuous behavior. 

  • The condition of being ingenuous. 

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 ingenuousness and stratagem occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )