confide vs invest

confide

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

  • To say (something) in confidence. 

invest

verb
  • To formally give (someone) some power or authority. 

  • To surround, accompany, or attend. 

  • To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. 

  • To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain. 

  • To ceremonially install someone in some office. 

  • To lay siege to. 

  • To be involved in; to form strong attachments to. 

  • To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster). 

  • To make investments. 

  • To envelop, wrap, cover. 

  • To formally give (power or authority). 

noun
  • An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system. 

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