confusion vs free-for-all

confusion

noun
  • A lack of clarity or order. 

  • The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things. 

  • The state of being confused; misunderstanding. 

  • Lack of understanding due to dementia. 

free-for-all

noun
  • Chaos; a chaotic situation lacking rules or control. 

  • Deathmatch, sometimes specifically one in which every player is pitted against all the others. 

adj
  • Open to anyone and with no or few rules. 

How often have the words confusion and free-for-all occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )