economical with the truth vs lying

economical with the truth

adj
  • Not telling the whole truth, especially in order to present a false image of a situation; untruthful; lying. Often used with sarcasm or satire. 

lying

adj
  • Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious 

noun
  • The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground. 

  • An act of telling a lie or falsehood. 

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