contrived vs phony

contrived

adj
  • Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic. 

  • Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way. 

phony

adj
  • Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. 

verb
  • To fake. 

noun
  • A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold. 

  • Anything fraudulent or fake. 

  • A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own. 

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