license vs privilege

license

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

  • 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. 

  • Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. 

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. 

privilege

noun
  • An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users. 

  • A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members. 

  • An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope. 

  • An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something). 

  • A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court. 

  • A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. 

  • The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society. 

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