approval vs recognition

approval

noun
  • An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones. 

  • Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item. 

  • An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements. 

recognition

noun
  • Honour, favourable note, or attention. 

  • Acceptance as valid or true. 

  • The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity). 

  • A return of the feu to the superior. 

  • Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country. 

  • The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others. 

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