specious vs truthful

specious

adj
  • Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious. 

  • Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful. 

  • Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive. 

truthful

adj
  • Honest, and always telling the truth. 

  • Accurately depicting what is real. 

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