fact vs truism

fact

noun
  • Something which is real. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

truism

noun
  • A self-evident or obvious truth. 

  • A banality or cliché. 

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