pretense vs trapping

pretense

noun
  • An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality. 

  • Intention or purpose not real but professed. 

  • A false or hypocritical profession 

  • An unsupported claim made or implied. 

trapping

noun
  • An instance of ensnaring something or someone. 

  • An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison. 

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