fuddle vs muddle

fuddle

verb
  • To become intoxicated; to get drunk. 

  • To intoxicate. 

  • To confuse or befuddle. 

noun
  • Intoxication. 

  • Intoxicating drink; liquor. 

  • Muddle, confusion. 

  • A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck. 

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 fuddle and muddle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )