sophistry vs specious reasoning

sophistry

noun
  • The actions or arguments of a sophist. 

  • Plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning. 

  • An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so; a sophism. 

specious reasoning

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