fact vs truth

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. 

truth

noun
  • That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality. 

  • Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy. 

  • Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom. 

  • True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality. 

  • Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth. 

  • The state or quality of being true to someone or something. 

verb
  • To tell the truth. 

  • To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy. 

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