impact vs stymie

impact

noun
  • A forced impinging. 

  • A significant or strong influence or effect. 

  • The striking of one body against another; collision. 

  • The force or energy of a collision of two objects. 

verb
  • To stamp or impress onto something. 

  • To collide or strike, the act of impinging. 

  • To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on. 

  • To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together. 

stymie

noun
  • An obstacle or obstruction. 

  • A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952). 

verb
  • To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck. 

  • To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie. 

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