confabulate vs pass the time of day

confabulate

verb
  • To confer. 

  • To speak casually with; to chat. 

  • To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory. 

pass the time of day

verb
  • To exchange any ordinary greeting of civility. 

How often have the words confabulate and pass the time of day occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )