showing vs telling

showing

noun
  • A result, a judgement. 

  • An occasion when something is shown. 

telling

noun
  • Ability to determine. 

  • The act of narration. 

  • The disclosure of information. 

adj
  • Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective. 

  • Serving to convince. 

  • Revealing information; bearing significance. 

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