economical with the truth vs mendacious

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. 

mendacious

adj
  • Lying, untruthful or dishonest. 

  • False or untrue. 

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