blinder vs disguise

blinder

noun
  • Something that blinds. 

  • A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted. 

  • An exceptional performance. 

  • A bout of heavy drinking, a bender. 

  • A bright light used to blind the audience temporarily during a scene change. 

  • A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side. 

verb
  • To obstruct the vision of. 

  • To fit (a horse) with blinders. 

disguise

noun
  • The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath. 

  • The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy. 

  • Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another. 

verb
  • To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity. 

  • To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance. 

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