befoul vs impact

befoul

verb
  • To entangle or run against so as to impede motion. 

  • To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute. 

  • To defecate on, to soil with excrement. 

  • To stain or mar (for example with infamy or disgrace). 

impact

verb
  • To collide or strike, the act of impinging. 

  • To stamp or impress onto something. 

  • To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on. 

  • To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together. 

noun
  • A significant or strong influence or effect. 

  • A forced impinging. 

  • The striking of one body against another; collision. 

  • The force or energy of a collision of two objects. 

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