accept vs recognize

accept

verb
  • To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in. 

  • To admit to a place or a group. 

  • To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance. 

  • To endure patiently. 

  • To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval. 

  • To agree to pay. 

  • To receive officially. 

  • To receive as adequate or satisfactory. 

  • To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to. 

  • To receive something willingly. 

recognize

verb
  • To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property). 

  • To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing. 

  • To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in. 

  • To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc. 

  • to cognize again 

  • To have the property to bind to specific antigens. 

  • To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration. 

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