blend vs intermixture

blend

noun
  • A mixture of two or more things. 

  • A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word. 

verb
  • To be mingled or mixed. 

  • To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. 

intermixture

noun
  • A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed. 

  • Admixture; an additional ingredient. 

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