manage vs mess up

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. 

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 manage and mess up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )