lying vs upfront

lying

adj
  • Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious 

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

  • An act of telling a lie or falsehood. 

upfront

adj
  • Honest, frank and straightforward. 

  • In a forward, leading or frontward position. 

  • Paid in advance. 

adv
  • beforehand 

  • As an attacker. 

noun
  • A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season 

verb
  • To bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration 

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