narration vs statement

narration

noun
  • That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts. 

  • That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative. 

  • The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating. 

statement

noun
  • A presentation of opinion or position. 

  • A declaration or remark. 

  • An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call. 

  • A document that summarizes financial activity. 

verb
  • To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs. 

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