bluffing vs lying

bluffing

noun
  • A bluff; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate. 

lying

noun
  • An act of telling a lie or falsehood. 

  • The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground. 

adj
  • Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious 

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