genuine vs phony

genuine

adj
  • Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated 

  • Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native 

phony

adj
  • Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. 

noun
  • A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold. 

  • Anything fraudulent or fake. 

  • A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own. 

verb
  • To fake. 

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