accredit vs allow

accredit

verb
  • To believe; to put trust in. 

  • To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance. 

  • To enter on the credit side of an account book. 

  • To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. 

  • To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. 

  • To credit. 

  • To ascribe; attribute; credit with. 

  • To recognize as outstanding. 

allow

verb
  • To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. 

  • To not bar or obstruct. 

  • To render physically possible. 

  • To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. 

  • To grant license to; to permit; to consent to. 

  • To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct. 

  • To take into account by making an allowance. 

  • To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request). 

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