dissemble vs posture

dissemble

verb
  • To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings. 

  • To disguise or conceal something. 

  • To feign. 

  • To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice. 

posture

verb
  • to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction 

  • To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose. 

  • to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired 

noun
  • The way a person holds and positions their body. 

  • The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation. 

  • A situation or condition. 

  • One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person. 

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