fact vs guesstimate

fact

noun
  • 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. 

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

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

guesstimate

noun
  • An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data. 

verb
  • To make a guesstimate. 

  • To make a guesstimate of a specific quantity. 

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