counterfeit vs discredit

counterfeit

noun
  • One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter. 

  • A non-genuine article; a fake. 

adj
  • Inauthentic. 

  • False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. 

  • Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical. 

verb
  • To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of. 

  • Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board. 

discredit

noun
  • A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution. 

  • A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach. 

  • The state of being discredited or disbelieved. 

  • Discrediting or disbelieving. 

verb
  • To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable. 

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