confront vs demur

confront

verb
  • To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to. 

  • To set a thing side by side with; to compare. 

  • To deal with. 

  • To come up against; to encounter. 

  • To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with 

  • To engage in confrontation. 

  • To bring someone face to face with something. 

demur

verb
  • To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk 

  • To interpose a demurrer. 

  • To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair. 

noun
  • An act of hesitation as to proceeding; a scruple; also, a suspension of action or decision; a pause, a stop. 

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