mockery vs pretense

mockery

noun
  • Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock. 

  • The action of mocking; ridicule, derision. 

  • Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum. 

pretense

noun
  • Intention or purpose not real but professed. 

  • An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality. 

  • A false or hypocritical profession 

  • An unsupported claim made or implied. 

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