falsify vs put the lie to

falsify

verb
  • To prove to be false. 

  • To misrepresent. 

  • To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect. 

  • To counterfeit; to forge. 

  • To show (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong. 

put the lie to

verb
  • Synonym of give the lie to 

How often have the words falsify and put the lie to occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )