hint vs truth

hint

verb
  • To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue. 

  • To develop and add hints to a font. 

  • To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner. 

noun
  • A small, barely detectable amount. 

  • An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not. 

  • An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement. 

  • A clue. 

  • Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting. 

truth

verb
  • To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy. 

  • To tell the truth. 

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

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