accessary vs partner

accessary

noun
  • Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense. 

adj
  • Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory. 

partner

noun
  • A member of a business or law partnership. 

  • A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond. 

  • Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis. 

  • Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance. 

  • One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass. 

  • One of each halves of a pair of someone or something that belongs together. 

  • A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period. 

verb
  • To join as a partner. 

  • To work or perform as a partner. 

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