mishandle vs mistake

mishandle

verb
  • To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation. 

  • To manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage. 

noun
  • Improper, wrong, or bad usage or treatment; abuse. 

  • Rough manipulation which causes physical damage. 

  • Ineffective or incorrect deal. 

mistake

verb
  • To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another. 

noun
  • An error; a blunder. 

  • A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place. 

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