pseudo vs quicksilver

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. 

quicksilver

adj
  • Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial. 

noun
  • The metal mercury. 

  • An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering. 

verb
  • To overlay with quicksilver. 

  • To treat with quicksilver. 

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