confer vs confide

confer

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

  • To grant as a possession; to bestow. 

confide

verb
  • To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in) 

  • To say (something) in confidence. 

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