anecdote vs narration

anecdote

noun
  • A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting. 

  • A previously untold secret account of an incident. 

  • An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis. 

verb
  • To tell anecdotes (about). 

narration

noun
  • That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative. 

  • The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating. 

  • That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts. 

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