addle vs muss

addle

verb
  • To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle 

  • To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell. 

  • To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. 

  • To thrive or grow; to ripen. 

noun
  • A foolish or dull-witted fellow. 

adj
  • Unfruitful or confused; muddled. 

  • Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid. 

muss

verb
  • To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy. 

noun
  • A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder) 

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