confuse vs embroil

confuse

verb
  • to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand 

  • To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another). 

  • To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder. 

  • To be confused. 

embroil

verb
  • To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. 

  • To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved. 

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