muddled vs unclear

muddled

adj
  • Confused, disorganised, in disarray. 

unclear

adj
  • Ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation. 

  • Not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable. 

  • Not having a clear idea; uncertain. 

  • Not clearly or explicitly defined. 

verb
  • To undo the process of clearing. 

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