orient vs puzzle

orient

verb
  • To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation. 

  • To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group. 

  • To change direction to face a certain way. 

  • To direct towards or point at a particular direction. 

  • To build or place (something) so as to face eastward. 

  • To align or place (a person or object) so that his, her, or its east side, north side, etc., is positioned toward the corresponding points of the compass; (specifically, surveying) to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature. 

  • To determine which direction one is facing. 

noun
  • The brilliance or colour of a high-quality pearl. 

  • The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east. 

name
  • Usually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)”) 

adj
  • Of a pearl or other gem: of great brilliance and value; (by extension) bright, lustrous. 

  • Of, facing, or located in the east; eastern, oriental. 

puzzle

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

  • To think long and carefully, in bewilderment. 

  • 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 orient and puzzle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )