examine vs guess

examine

verb
  • to observe or inspect carefully or critically 

  • to interrogate 

  • to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination 

  • to check the health or condition of something or someone 

guess

verb
  • To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion. 

  • to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility). 

  • To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly. 

  • To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess". 

noun
  • A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support. 

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