blockbuster vs tale

blockbuster

noun
  • One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property). 

  • A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80. 

  • Anything very large or powerful; a whopper. 

  • A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block. 

  • Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb. 

  • Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale 

tale

noun
  • The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim. 

  • A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. 

  • A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration. 

  • An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie. 

verb
  • To reckon; consider (someone) to have something. 

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