genuine vs specious

genuine

adj
  • Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated 

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

specious

adj
  • Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious. 

  • Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful. 

  • Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive. 

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