bamboozle vs clear up

bamboozle

verb
  • To confuse, frustrate or perplex. 

  • To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone. 

clear up

verb
  • To clarify, to correct a misconception. 

  • To depart or disappear. 

  • To clean up. 

  • To become free of certain blemishes. 

  • Of stormy weather, to dissipate, to become calm. 

  • To pot all of the remaining balls in a single turn. 

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