bamboozle vs confuddle

bamboozle

verb
  • To confuse, frustrate or perplex. 

  • To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone. 

confuddle

verb
  • To confuse thoroughly. 

noun
  • The state of confusion and/or being befuddled. 

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