bodge vs mess up

bodge

verb
  • To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair. 

  • To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger. 

adj
  • Insane, off the rails. 

noun
  • A four-wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also, a homemade go-cart. 

  • A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair. 

  • The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge. 

mess up

verb
  • To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin. 

  • To damage; injure. 

  • To manhandle; beat up; rough up. 

  • To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. 

  • To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on. 

  • To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior. 

  • To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly. 

  • To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray. 

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