circumstance vs present tense

circumstance

noun
  • An event; a fact; a particular incident. 

  • Circumlocution; detail. 

  • Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event. 

  • Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings. 

verb
  • To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources. 

present tense

noun
  • A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time. 

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