consent vs license

consent

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. 

noun
  • Voluntary agreement or permission. 

license

verb
  • To give permission or freedom to; accept. 

  • To authorize officially. 

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

  • 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 consent and license occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )