dazzle vs mediate

dazzle

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

  • To confuse the sight of by means of excessive 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. 

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 dazzle and mediate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )