puzzle out vs understand

puzzle out

verb
  • To figure out; to discover or find a solution to. 

understand

verb
  • To grasp a concept fully in one's mind, especially (of words, statements, art, etc.) to be aware of the meaning of and (of people) to be aware of the intent of. 

  • To believe, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge. 

  • To stand underneath, to support. 

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