confound vs whank

confound

verb
  • To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart. 

  • To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable. 

  • To stun or amaze. 

  • To make something worse. 

  • To cause to be ashamed; to abash. 

  • To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong. 

  • To perplex or puzzle. 

noun
  • A confounding variable. 

whank

verb
  • To beat; to thrash; to whip; to lash. 

  • To cut, especially to cut off a large portion. 

noun
  • A strike with the fist; a blow; a knock. 

  • A large portion, slice or lump. 

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