allow vs bind

allow

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

  • To not bar or obstruct. 

  • To render physically possible. 

  • 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). 

bind

verb
  • To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie. 

  • To put together in a cover, as of books. 

  • To process one or more object modules into an executable program. 

  • To place under legal obligation to serve. 

  • To cover, as with a bandage. 

  • To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location. 

  • To make two or more elements stick together. 

  • To exert a binding or restraining influence. 

  • To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc. 

  • To tie; to confine by any ligature. 

  • To couple. 

  • To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind. 

  • To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment. 

  • To cohere or stick together in a mass. 

  • To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. 

  • To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant. 

  • To complain; to whine about something. 

  • To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men. 

noun
  • That which binds or ties. 

  • A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary. 

  • The indurated clay of coal mines. 

  • A ligature or tie for grouping notes. 

  • Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine. 

  • A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break. 

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