feign vs oppose

feign

verb
  • To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something. 

  • To hide or conceal. 

  • To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint. 

  • To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate. 

oppose

verb
  • To present or set up in opposition; to pose. 

  • To object to. 

  • To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. 

  • To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against. 

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