circumstance vs fact

circumstance

noun
  • Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event. 

  • An event; a fact; a particular incident. 

  • Circumlocution; detail. 

  • Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings. 

verb
  • To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources. 

fact

noun
  • Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances. 

  • An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse. 

  • An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts. 

  • Something which is real. 

  • A wrongful or criminal deed. 

  • Something actual as opposed to invented. 

  • Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation. 

intj
  • Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one. 

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