lying vs upward

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. 

upward

adj
  • Directed toward a higher place. 

adv
  • In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin 

  • Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over. 

  • In the upper parts; above. 

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