amity vs consensus

amity

noun
  • Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord. 

  • Friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis. 

consensus

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

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

  • Average projected value. 

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

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

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