bogus vs spurious

bogus

adj
  • Counterfeit or fake; not genuine. 

  • Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country (not to be confused with forgery, which is an illegitimate copy of a genuine stamp). 

  • Undesirable or harmful. 

  • Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions. 

  • Incorrect, useless, or broken. 

noun
  • A liquor made of rum and molasses. 

spurious

adj
  • False, not authentic, not genuine. 

  • Extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted. 

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