approve vs confirm

approve

verb
  • To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. 

  • To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor. 

  • To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept. 

  • To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of. 

confirm

verb
  • To assure the accuracy of previous statements. 

  • To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone). 

  • To strengthen; to make firm or resolute. 

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