demonstration vs evidence

demonstration

noun
  • A proof. 

  • A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march. 

  • Expression of one's feelings by outward signs. 

  • The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something. 

  • A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner. 

  • An event at which something will be demonstrated. 

  • A show of military force. 

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 demonstration and evidence occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )