counterfeit vs fabricate

counterfeit

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. 

noun
  • A non-genuine article; a fake. 

  • One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter. 

adj
  • Inauthentic. 

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

  • Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical. 

fabricate

verb
  • To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely. 

  • To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce. 

  • To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build. 

  • To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl. 

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