heroics vs hypocrisy

heroics

noun
  • The actions of a hero. 

  • Emergency intervention to save a patient's life. 

hypocrisy

noun
  • The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues. 

  • The claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have. 

  • The contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimulation, pretence, sham. 

  • An instance of any or all of the above. 

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