census vs telling

census

noun
  • Count, tally. 

  • An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals. 

verb
  • To collect a census. 

  • To conduct a census on. 

telling

noun
  • Ability to determine. 

  • The act of narration. 

  • The disclosure of information. 

adj
  • Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective. 

  • Serving to convince. 

  • Revealing information; bearing significance. 

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