bellwether vs clue

bellwether

noun
  • Anything that indicates future trends. 

  • A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition. 

  • The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck. 

clue

noun
  • Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. 

  • An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence. 

  • Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick) 

verb
  • To provide with a clue. 

  • To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up"). 

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