allocate vs confer

allocate

verb
  • To set aside for a purpose. 

  • To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to. 

  • To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program. 

confer

verb
  • To grant as a possession; to bestow. 

  • To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. 

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