charade vs veneer

charade

verb
  • To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend. 

noun
  • A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use. 

  • A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles. 

veneer

verb
  • To disguise with apparent goodness. 

  • To apply veneer to. 

noun
  • An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings. 

  • A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material. 

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