dissimulate vs tell the truth

dissimulate

verb
  • To connive at; to wink at; to pretend not to notice. 

  • To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a false appearance. 

  • To disguise or hide by adopting a false appearance. 

tell the truth

phrase
  • Used to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to tell the truth". 

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, truth. 

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