abide by vs consensus

abide by

verb
  • To accept (a decision or law) and act in accordance with it; to conform to (a decision or law); to acquiesce to (a decision or law). 

  • To remain faithful to (something or someone); to adhere to (an idea or plan). 

consensus

verb
  • To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement. 

noun
  • A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members. 

  • Average projected value. 

  • General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action. 

  • An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation. 

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