pretend vs spoof

pretend

verb
  • To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception. 

  • To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.). 

  • To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to) 

  • To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe. 

adj
  • Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned. 

noun
  • the act of engaging in pretend play. 

spoof

verb
  • To deceive. 

  • To falsify. 

  • To gently satirize. 

  • To ejaculate, to come. 

adj
  • Fake, hoax. 

noun
  • A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held. 

  • A light parody. 

  • Nonsense. 

  • An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. 

  • Semen. 

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