phony vs valid

phony

adj
  • Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. 

verb
  • To fake. 

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. 

valid

adj
  • Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament. 

  • Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent. 

  • Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true. 

  • Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant. 

  • Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values. 

  • Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules. 

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