registry vs story

registry

noun
  • A record; an account; a register. 

  • A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept. 

  • A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system. 

  • The act of registering; registration. 

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 registry and story occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )