telling vs well-grounded

telling

adj
  • Revealing information; bearing significance. 

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

  • Serving to convince. 

noun
  • The act of narration. 

  • The disclosure of information. 

  • Ability to determine. 

well-grounded

adj
  • Of a person: having extensive knowledge of a subject. 

  • Of an argument, etc.: based on good judgment and solid reasoning. 

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