confuddle vs dazzle

confuddle

verb
  • To confuse thoroughly. 

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

dazzle

verb
  • To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance. 

  • To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness. 

  • To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness. 

noun
  • A herd of zebra. 

  • Dazzle camouflage. 

  • Showy brilliance that may stop a person from thinking clearly. 

  • A light of dazzling brilliancy. 

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