acceptance vs adoption

acceptance

noun
  • The state of being accepted. 

  • An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted. 

  • A list of horses accepted as starters in a race. 

  • Synonym of etendue. 

  • The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression. 

  • The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval. 

  • An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner. 

  • Belief in something; agreement, assent. 

  • The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract. 

  • An instance of that act. 

adoption

noun
  • The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance 

  • The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child. 

  • An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God. 

  • Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system. 

  • Ten consecutive wins against an opponent. 

  • The act of adopting. 

  • Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum. 

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