accept vs welcome

accept

verb
  • To receive something willingly. 

  • To admit to a place or a group. 

  • To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance. 

  • To endure patiently. 

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

  • 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. 

welcome

verb
  • To accept something willingly or gladly. 

  • To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!". 

adj
  • Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company. 

  • Producing gladness. 

  • Free to have or enjoy gratuitously. 

noun
  • The utterance of such a greeting. 

  • The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception. 

  • Kind reception of a guest or newcomer. 

  • The state of being a welcome guest. 

intj
  • Greeting given upon someone's arrival. 

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