blarney vs bunkum

blarney

noun
  • Mindless chatter. 

  • Ability to talk constantly and fluently. 

  • Persuasive flattery or kind speech; smooth, wheedling talk. 

verb
  • To beguile with flattery. 

bunkum

noun
  • Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense. 

  • Bombastic political posturing or oratorical display designed only for show or public applause. 

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