dissimulate vs posture

dissimulate

verb
  • To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a false appearance. 

  • To connive at; to wink at; to pretend not to notice. 

  • To disguise or hide by adopting a false appearance. 

posture

verb
  • to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction 

  • To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose. 

  • to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired 

noun
  • The way a person holds and positions their body. 

  • The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation. 

  • A situation or condition. 

  • One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person. 

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