case study vs evidence

case study

noun
  • A case used in a such research. 

  • Research performed in detail on a single individual, group, incident or community, as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population. 

evidence

noun
  • Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. 

  • A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other. 

  • Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial. 

  • One who bears witness. 

verb
  • To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of. 

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