confide vs relate

confide

verb
  • To say (something) in confidence. 

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

relate

verb
  • To tell in a descriptive way. 

  • To interact. 

  • To respond through reaction. 

  • To have a connection. 

  • To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another). 

  • To identify with; to understand. 

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