alliance vs consensus

alliance

noun
  • The act of allying or uniting. 

  • Marriage. 

  • The persons or parties allied. 

  • The state of being allied. 

  • A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league. 

  • Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity. 

consensus

noun
  • A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members. 

  • Average projected value. 

  • General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action. 

  • An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation. 

verb
  • To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement. 

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