dazzle vs goggle

dazzle

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

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

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

noun
  • A herd of zebra. 

  • Dazzle camouflage. 

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

  • A light of dazzling brilliancy. 

goggle

verb
  • To stare (at something) with wide eyes. 

  • To roll the eyes. 

noun
  • A wide-eyed stare or affected rolling of the eye. 

  • A pair of protective eyeglasses. 

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