infuse vs insinuate

infuse

verb
  • To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with). 

  • To instill as a quality. 

  • To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). 

  • To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. 

  • To undergo infusion. 

  • To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate. 

insinuate

verb
  • To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means. 

  • To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement. 

  • To creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices. 

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