breadcrumb vs mess up

breadcrumb

verb
  • To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction. 

  • To add navigational breadcrumbs to (a web page or user interface). 

  • To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking. 

noun
  • A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid. 

  • One in a series of clues leading to a person or place. 

  • A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread. 

mess up

verb
  • To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray. 

  • To damage; injure. 

  • To manhandle; beat up; rough up. 

  • To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. 

  • To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on. 

  • To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin. 

  • To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior. 

  • To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly. 

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