exclude vs muddle

exclude

verb
  • To expel; to put out. 

  • To omit from consideration. 

  • To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out. 

  • To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid. 

  • To eliminate from diagnostic consideration. 

muddle

verb
  • To dabble in mud. 

  • To mash slightly for use in a cocktail. 

  • To think and act in a confused, aimless way. 

  • To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially. 

  • To mix together, to mix up; to confuse. 

  • To make turbid or muddy. 

  • To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated. 

noun
  • A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler. 

  • A mixture; a confusion; a garble. 

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