surgical vs telling

surgical

adj
  • Excruciatingly or wearyingly drawn-out 

  • Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery. 

  • Precise or very accurate. 

telling

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

  • Serving to convince. 

  • Revealing information; bearing significance. 

noun
  • The act of narration. 

  • The disclosure of information. 

  • Ability to determine. 

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