consent vs permission

consent

noun
  • Voluntary agreement or permission. 

verb
  • To express willingness, to give permission. 

  • To cause to sign a consent form. 

  • To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur. 

permission

noun
  • authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority) 

  • The act of permitting. 

  • Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how. 

verb
  • To grant or obtain authorization for. 

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