lawful vs lying

lawful

noun
  • A character having a lawful alignment. 

adj
  • Operating according to some law or fundamental principle. 

  • Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society. 

lying

noun
  • The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground. 

  • An act of telling a lie or falsehood. 

adj
  • Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious 

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