concession vs persuasion

concession

noun
  • An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this. 

  • A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above). 

  • A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above). 

  • The act of conceding. 

  • A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concession stands. 

  • A preferential tax rate. 

  • A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly. 

  • An admission of defeat following an election. 

  • A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power. 

  • A person eligible for a concession price (see above). 

  • A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests. 

  • A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada. 

  • A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company. 

  • The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below) 

  • An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand. 

  • A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration. 

  • A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor. 

  • Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this. 

verb
  • To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement. 

persuasion

noun
  • An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone. 

  • The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc. 

  • A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief. 

  • Another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature. 

  • One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings; persuasiveness. 

  • A specified religious adherence, a creed; any school of thought or ideology. 

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