anal vs sham

anal

adj
  • of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. 

  • Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. 

  • Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region. 

  • Proximate to the thorax. 

verb
  • To penetrate anally. 

noun
  • Any of the anal scales of a reptile. 

  • Anal sex. 

sham

adj
  • See also Thesaurus:fake 

  • mock 

  • Intended to deceive; false. 

  • counterfeit; unreal 

verb
  • To obtrude by fraud or imposition. 

  • To deceive, cheat, lie. 

  • To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. 

noun
  • A decorative cover for a pillow. 

  • A false front, or removable ornamental covering. 

  • Trickery, hoaxing. 

  • A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine. 

  • Champagne. 

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