commend vs confide

commend

verb
  • To praise or acclaim. 

  • To recommend. 

  • To entrust or commit to the care of someone else. 

  • To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill. 

  • To congratulate or reward. 

confide

verb
  • To say (something) in confidence. 

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

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