mincing vs perplexing

mincing

adj

  • Affectedly dainty. 

noun

  • The act by which something is minced. 

  • Affected dainty speech or movement. 

perplexing

adj

  • Bewildering. 

  • Confusing or puzzling. 

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