explain vs hoodwink

explain

verb
  • To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. 

  • To give a valid excuse for past behavior. 

  • To make something plain or intelligible. 

hoodwink

verb
  • To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead. 

noun
  • An act of hiding from sight, or something that cloaks or hides another thing from view. 

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