allow vs provide

allow

verb
  • To render physically possible. 

  • To not bar or obstruct. 

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

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

  • 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). 

provide

verb
  • To make possible or attainable. 

  • To make a living; earn money for necessities. 

  • To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs. 

  • To furnish (with), cause to be present. 

  • To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor. 

  • To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate. 

  • To act to prepare for something. 

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