confabulate vs tell it like it is

confabulate

verb
  • To confer. 

  • To speak casually with; to chat. 

  • To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory. 

tell it like it is

verb
  • To speak frankly, to convey all and only the truth of a situation. 

How often have the words confabulate and tell it like it is occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )