con vs humbug

con

verb
  • To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain. 

  • To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart. 

noun
  • The conversion of part of a building. 

  • A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain. 

  • An organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress. 

  • A convicted criminal, a convict. 

  • A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros). 

  • A political conservative. 

humbug

verb
  • To play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive. 

  • To fight; to act tough. 

intj
  • Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish! 

noun
  • Nonsense. 

  • A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern. 

  • A hoax, jest, or prank. 

  • A fight. 

  • A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy. 

  • A false arrest on trumped-up charges. 

  • The piglet of the wild boar. 

  • A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite. 

  • Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial. 

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