confuddle vs muse

confuddle

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

verb
  • To confuse thoroughly. 

muse

noun
  • An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness. 

  • A source of inspiration. 

  • A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset. 

verb
  • To wonder at. 

  • To say (something) with due consideration or thought. 

  • To become lost in thought, to ponder. 

  • To think on; to meditate on. 

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