access vs way

access

noun
  • A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage. 

  • Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet. 

  • An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion. 

  • Complicity or assent. 

  • Admission to sexual intercourse. 

  • The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility. 

  • The act of approaching or entering; an advance. 

  • An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit. 

  • The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child. 

  • The quality of being easy to approach or enter. 

  • The process of locating data in memory. 

verb
  • To gain or obtain access to. 

  • To have access to (data). 

way

noun
  • A means to enter or leave a place. 

  • A roughly-defined geographical area. 

  • The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand. 

  • A degree, an amount, a sense. 

  • A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc. 

  • A state or condition 

  • A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another. 

  • A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism. 

  • Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation. 

  • Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way'). 

  • Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct. 

  • The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves. 

  • Speed, progress, momentum. 

  • The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched. 

intj
  • yes; it is true; it is possible 

adv
  • Much. 

  • Far. 

  • Very. 

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