accredit vs license

accredit

verb
  • To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. 

  • To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance. 

  • To enter on the credit side of an account book. 

  • To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. 

  • To credit. 

  • To ascribe; attribute; credit with. 

  • To believe; to put trust in. 

  • To recognize as outstanding. 

license

verb
  • To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation. 

  • To give permission or freedom to; accept. 

  • To authorize officially. 

  • To permit (as grammatically correct). 

  • To give formal authorization to use. 

noun
  • The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. 

  • A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. 

  • Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). 

  • Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. 

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