consult vs surmise

consult

verb
  • To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes. 

  • To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. 

  • To advise or offer expertise. 

  • To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person) 

  • To refer to (something) for information. 

  • To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm. 

noun
  • A visit, e.g. to a doctor; a consultation. 

surmise

verb
  • To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises. 

noun
  • Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess. 

  • Reflection; thought; posit. 

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