permit vs privilege

permit

noun
  • An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. 

  • A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus. 

  • A learner's permit. 

verb
  • To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. 

  • To allow for, to make something possible. 

  • To allow, to admit (of). 

  • To grant formal authorization for (something). 

  • To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something). 

  • To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. 

privilege

noun
  • 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. 

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

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