authority vs prestige

authority

noun
  • Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation. 

  • A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject. 

  • Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement. 

  • Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity. 

  • A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit. 

  • Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right. 

prestige

noun
  • The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded. 

verb
  • To start over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward. 

adj
  • Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety. 

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