forged vs phony

forged

adj
  • Fake (as documents); falsified. 

  • Forged identification documents were used to enter the building. 

  • Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal 

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 forged and phony occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )