fudge the issue vs palter

fudge the issue

verb
  • Adopt a solution to a specific problem which does not address the larger, more general problem of which the specific problem is an instance. 

palter

verb
  • To babble; to chatter. 

  • To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. 

  • To haggle. 

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