masquerade vs truth

masquerade

verb
  • To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise. 

  • To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise. 

  • To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not. 

noun
  • The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball. 

  • An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things. 

  • An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. 

  • A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits. 

  • An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display. 

truth

verb
  • To tell the truth. 

  • To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy. 

noun
  • Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy. 

  • Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom. 

  • True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality. 

  • Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc. 

  • That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth. 

  • The state or quality of being true to someone or something. 

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