lying vs reclining

lying

noun
  • The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground. 

  • An act of telling a lie or falsehood. 

adj
  • Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious 

reclining

adj
  • Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position. 

  • Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent. 

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