confabulate vs confer

confabulate

verb
  • To speak casually with; to chat. 

  • To confer. 

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

confer

verb
  • To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. 

  • To grant as a possession; to bestow. 

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