more often than not vs though

more often than not

adv

  • Usually; more than half the time; more likely to be the case than not to be the case. 

though

adv

  • Despite that; however. 

  • Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed. 

conj

  • Despite the fact that; although. 

How often have the words more often than not and though occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )