influential vs telling

influential

adj
  • Having or exerting influence. 

noun
  • A person who has influence 

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 influential and telling occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )