bewildered vs understanding

bewildered

adj
  • Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain. 

  • He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face. 

understanding

adj
  • Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance. 

noun
  • Opinion, judgement or outlook. 

  • An informal contract; mutual agreement. 

  • A reconciliation of differences. 

  • The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment. 

  • Sympathy. 

  • Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer. 

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