appoint vs consensus

appoint

verb
  • To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement. 

  • To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment). 

  • To name (someone to a post or role). 

  • To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it). 

  • To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out. 

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 appoint and consensus occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )