puzzle vs relate

puzzle

verb
  • To make intricate; to entangle. 

  • 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. 

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. 

relate

verb
  • To interact. 

  • To respond through reaction. 

  • To have a connection. 

  • To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another). 

  • To identify with; to understand. 

  • To tell in a descriptive way. 

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