confines vs fringing

confines

noun
  • The borders or limits of an area. 

  • The scope or range of a subject. 

  • Elements that restrain someone. 

fringing

noun
  • A fringe or border. 

  • Any anomalous electric or magnetic effect at the edges of a region. 

  • The appearance of false colours in an image as the result of poor registration of component monochrome images. 

adj
  • That fringes. 

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