counsel vs puzzle

counsel

verb
  • To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody). 

  • To recommend (a course of action). 

noun
  • A lawyer, as in King's Counsel (KC) or Queen's Counsel (QC). 

  • The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation. 

  • Exercise of judgment; prudence. 

  • Advice; guidance. 

  • Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. 

puzzle

verb
  • To think long and carefully, in bewilderment. 

  • To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation. 

  • To make intricate; to entangle. 

noun
  • Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of. 

  • A riddle. 

  • The state of being puzzled; perplexity. 

  • A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete. 

  • A jigsaw puzzle. 

  • A crossword puzzle. 

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