amalgamate vs blend

amalgamate

verb
  • To merge, to combine, to blend, to join. 

  • To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups. 

  • To make an alloy of a metal and mercury. 

adj
  • Coalesced; united; combined. 

blend

verb
  • To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. 

  • To be mingled or mixed. 

noun
  • A mixture of two or more things. 

  • A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word. 

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