ruddle vs suffuse

ruddle

verb
  • To sift together; to mix, as through a sieve. 

  • To mark something with red ochre. 

  • To raddle or twist. 

noun
  • A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep. 

  • A riddle or sieve. 

suffuse

verb
  • To pour underneath. 

  • To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid. 

  • To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe. 

adj
  • Suffused; diffuse. 

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