confuse vs obfuscate

confuse

verb
  • to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand 

  • To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another). 

  • To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder. 

  • To be confused. 

obfuscate

verb
  • To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth. 

  • To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent. 

  • Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire in order to obfuscate any evidence of their identity. 

  • To make dark; to overshadow. 

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