confuddle vs mediate

confuddle

verb
  • To confuse thoroughly. 

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

mediate

adj
  • Gained or effected by a medium or condition. 

  • Acting through a mediating agency, indirect. 

  • Intermediate between extremes. 

verb
  • To divide into two equal parts. 

  • To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey. 

  • To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement. 

  • To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties. 

  • To act as a spiritualistic medium. 

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