approve vs favor

approve

verb
  • To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept. 

  • To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. 

  • To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor. 

  • To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of. 

favor

verb
  • To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward. 

  • To resemble; especially, to look like (another person). 

  • To look upon fondly; to prefer. 

  • To use more often. 

  • To encourage, conduce to 

  • To treat with care. 

noun
  • A small gift; a party favor. 

  • Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. 

  • A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). 

  • Partiality; bias 

  • Goodwill; benevolent regard. 

  • The object of regard; person or thing favoured. 

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