muddle vs stupor

muddle

verb
  • To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially. 

  • To dabble in mud. 

  • To mash slightly for use in a cocktail. 

  • To think and act in a confused, aimless way. 

  • To mix together, to mix up; to confuse. 

  • To make turbid or muddy. 

  • To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated. 

noun
  • A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler. 

  • A mixture; a confusion; a garble. 

stupor

verb
  • To place into a stupor; to stupefy. 

noun
  • A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness. 

  • A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock. 

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