telegram vs telling

telegram

noun
  • A message transmitted by telegraph. 

verb
  • To send a telegram to (a person). 

  • To send (a message) in a telegram. 

  • To send a telegram. 

telling

noun
  • The disclosure of information. 

  • The act of narration. 

  • Ability to determine. 

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

  • Serving to convince. 

  • Revealing information; bearing significance. 

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