fumble vs miscue

fumble

noun
  • A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident. 

  • A dessert similar to a cross between a fool and a crumble. 

verb
  • To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly. 

  • To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident. 

  • To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. 

  • To blunder uncertainly. 

  • To handle nervously or awkwardly. 

  • To grope awkwardly in trying to find something 

miscue

noun
  • In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue. 

  • The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor. 

  • A miss of the object one intended to hit. 

verb
  • to mishit, strike incorrectly. 

  • To give an incorrect cue. 

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