mink vs muffle

mink

noun
  • An article of clothing made of mink. 

  • The fur or pelt of a mink, used to make apparel. 

  • (plural minks) An individual with poor personal hygiene; a smelly person. 

  • Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola). 

muffle

noun
  • A warm piece of clothing for the hands. 

  • The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants. 

  • A machine with two pulleys to hoist load by spinning wheels, polyspast, block and tackle. 

  • A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace) 

  • Anything that mutes or deadens sound. 

verb
  • To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up. 

  • To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound. 

  • To mute or deaden (a sound etc.). 

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