reality vs semblance

reality

noun
  • The state of being actual or real; realness. 

  • The entirety of all that is real. 

  • The real world. 

  • An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real. 

  • A real entity, event, or other fact. 

semblance

noun
  • the way something looks; appearance; form 

  • likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar. 

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