confer vs consensus

confer

verb
  • To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. 

  • To grant as a possession; to bestow. 

consensus

verb
  • To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement. 

noun
  • A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members. 

  • Average projected value. 

  • General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action. 

  • An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation. 

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