disorder vs muddle

disorder

verb
  • To throw into a state of disorder. 

  • To knock out of order or sequence. 

noun
  • A physical or mental malfunction. 

  • Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner. 

  • A disturbance of civic peace or of public order. 

muddle

verb
  • To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially. 

  • To dabble in mud. 

  • To mash slightly for use in a cocktail. 

  • To think and act in a confused, aimless way. 

  • To mix together, to mix up; to confuse. 

  • To make turbid or muddy. 

  • To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated. 

noun
  • A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler. 

  • A mixture; a confusion; a garble. 

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