artifice vs uprightness

artifice

verb
  • To construct by means of skill or specialised art 

noun
  • A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse. 

  • A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture. 

  • A tactical move to gain advantage. 

  • A crafty but underhanded deception. 

uprightness

noun
  • The state of being honest, honourable, and moral. 

  • The product or result of being upright. 

  • The state of being erect or vertical. 

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