tale vs verity

tale

noun
  • A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. 

  • The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim. 

  • A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration. 

  • An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie. 

verb
  • To reckon; consider (someone) to have something. 

verity

noun
  • Truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity. 

  • A true statement; an established doctrine. 

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