bogus vs pseudo

bogus

adj
  • Undesirable or harmful. 

  • Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country (not to be confused with forgery, which is an illegitimate copy of a genuine stamp). 

  • Counterfeit or fake; not genuine. 

  • Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions. 

  • Incorrect, useless, or broken. 

noun
  • A liquor made of rum and molasses. 

pseudo

adj
  • Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham. 

  • Insincere. 

noun
  • An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual. 

  • pseudo-city code 

  • A poseur; one who is fake. 

  • A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity. 

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