ersatz vs facsimile

ersatz

noun
  • Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute. 

adj
  • Made in imitation; artificial, especially of a poor quality. 

facsimile

noun
  • A copy or reproduction. 

  • A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network. 

  • Reproduction in the exact form as the original. 

  • The image sent by the machine itself. 

verb
  • To make a copy of; to reproduce. 

  • To send via a facsimile machine; to fax. 

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