pseudo vs spurious

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. 

spurious

adj
  • Extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted. 

  • False, not authentic, not genuine. 

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