fumble vs manage

fumble

verb
  • To handle nervously or awkwardly. 

  • To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly. 

  • To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident. 

  • To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. 

  • To blunder uncertainly. 

  • To grope awkwardly in trying to find something 

noun
  • A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident. 

  • A dessert similar to a cross between a fool and a crumble. 

manage

verb
  • To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc. 

  • To handle or control (a situation, job). 

  • To direct or be in charge of. 

  • To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help. 

  • To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. 

  • To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action. 

  • To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.). 

noun
  • Manège. 

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