accede vs spurn

accede

verb
  • To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. 

  • To become a party to an agreement or a treaty. 

  • To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). 

spurn

verb
  • To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn. 

  • To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity) 

  • To reject something by pushing it away with the foot. 

noun
  • An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. 

  • A kick; a blow with the foot. 

  • A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. 

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