blend vs embody

blend

verb
  • To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. 

  • To be mingled or mixed. 

noun
  • A mixture of two or more things. 

  • A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word. 

embody

verb
  • To unite in a body or mass. 

  • To represent in some other form, such as a code of laws. 

  • To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of. 

  • The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists. 

  • To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify. 

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