litany vs story

litany

noun
  • A prolonged or tedious list. 

  • A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation. 

story

noun
  • A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account. 

  • A lie, fiction. 

  • An account of real or fictional events. 

  • A soap opera. 

  • A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period. 

verb
  • To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about. 

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