entitle vs refuse

entitle

verb
  • To give power or authority (to do something). 

  • To dignify by an honorary designation. 

  • To give a title to a book, film, play, etc. 

  • To give a title to. 

  • To give rightful ownership. 

refuse

verb
  • To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission. 

  • To melt again. 

  • To decline (a request or demand). 

  • To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy. 

noun
  • Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage. 

adj
  • Discarded, rejected. 

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