make believe vs tell a white lie

make believe

adj
  • imaginary; conjured in someone's imagination, especially when imagined by a child 

verb
  • To pretend or imagine. 

noun
  • The act of pretending that what is imaginary is real. 

tell a white lie

How often have the words make believe and tell a white lie occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )