mistrust vs skepticism

mistrust

noun
  • Lack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust. 

verb
  • To be suspicious. 

  • To have no confidence in (something or someone). 

  • To be wary, suspicious or doubtful of (something or someone). 

  • To suspect, to imagine or suppose (something) to be the case. 

skepticism

noun
  • The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic. 

  • Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines 

  • The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible 

  • A studied attitude of questioning and doubt 

  • A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty though scientific or logical observation. 

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