affected vs phony

affected

adj
  • artificial, stilted 

  • Influenced or changed by something. 

  • Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation. 

  • Emotionally moved; touched. 

  • Simulated in order to impress. 

noun
  • Someone affected, as by a disease. 

phony

adj
  • Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. 

noun
  • A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold. 

  • Anything fraudulent or fake. 

  • A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own. 

verb
  • To fake. 

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