lying vs receptive

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 

receptive

adj
  • Capable of receiving something. 

  • Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus. 

  • Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile. 

  • Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas. 

  • Of, affecting, or pertaining to the understanding of language rather than its expression. 

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