accrue vs cause

accrue

verb
  • To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent. 

  • To become an enforceable and permanent right. 

  • To increase, to rise 

  • To accumulate. 

  • To be incurred as a result of the passage of time. 

cause

verb
  • To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority. 

  • To set off an event or action. 

noun
  • Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion. 

  • A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends. 

  • A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action. 

  • The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result. 

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