circumvent vs hedge

circumvent

verb
  • to surround or besiege 

  • to outwit or outsmart 

  • to avoid or get around something; to bypass 

hedge

verb
  • To obstruct or surround. 

  • To offset the risk associated with. 

  • To construct or repair a hedge. 

  • To enclose with a hedge or hedges. 

  • To reduce one's exposure to risk. 

  • To avoid verbal commitment. 

noun
  • Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements). 

  • A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land. 

  • Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate. 

  • A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden. 

  • A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm. 

  • A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement. 

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