confess vs confide

confess

verb
  • To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. 

  • To hear or receive such a confession of sins from. 

  • To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution. 

  • To disclose or reveal. 

  • To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. 

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 confess and confide occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )