artless vs subtle

artless

adj
  • Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit. 

  • Free of artificiality; natural. 

  • Poorly made or done; crude. 

  • Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant. 

subtle

adj
  • Barely noticeable, not obvious, indistinct. 

  • Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency. 

  • Cleverly contrived. 

  • Cunning, skillful. 

  • Insidious. 

  • Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood. 

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