denial vs no-show

denial

noun
  • A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired. 

  • A disownment or disavowal 

  • An assertion of untruth. 

  • Refusal to believe that a problem exists. 

  • A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect. 

  • Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing. 

  • Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation. 

  • The negation in logic. 

no-show

noun
  • An absence; failure to show up or to make a scheduled appearance, especially at a hotel or a place of employment. 

  • A person or group that does not show up. 

verb
  • To fail to show up for something. 

How often have the words denial and no-show occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )