act vs lie

act

noun
  • A display of behaviour meant to deceive. 

  • A product of a legislative body, a statute. 

  • A display of behaviour. 

  • A division of a theatrical performance. 

  • Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work. 

  • Any organized activity. 

  • A performer or performers in a show. 

  • A formal or official record of something done. 

  • The process of doing something. 

  • A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. 

  • Something done, a deed. 

verb
  • Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly). 

  • To perform a theatrical role. 

  • To play (a role). 

  • To convey an appearance of being. 

  • To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of). 

  • To feign. 

  • To do something. 

  • To have an effect (on). 

  • To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time. 

  • To do something that causes a change binding on the doer. 

lie

noun
  • A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true. 

  • An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood. 

  • The position of a fetus in the womb. 

  • Anything that misleads or disappoints. 

  • The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown. 

  • The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck. 

  • An animal's lair. 

  • A manner of lying; relative position. 

verb
  • Used with with: to have sexual relations with. 

  • To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition. 

  • Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist. 

  • To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information. 

  • To convey a false image or impression. 

  • Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person. 

  • To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. 

  • To be placed or situated. 

  • To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest. 

  • To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive. 

  • To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained. 

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