agree vs demur

agree

verb
  • To give assent; to accede 

  • To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise. 

  • To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract. 

  • To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people. 

  • To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well. 

  • To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person. 

  • To yield assent to; to approve. 

  • To resemble; to coincide; to correspond. 

demur

verb
  • To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk 

  • To interpose a demurrer. 

  • To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair. 

noun
  • An act of hesitation as to proceeding; a scruple; also, a suspension of action or decision; a pause, a stop. 

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