blot out vs overlie

blot out

verb
  • To make indecipherable; to obliterate. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blot, out. 

  • To obscure. 

  • To annihilate 

overlie

verb
  • To suffocate by lying upon 

  • To lie over or upon 

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