permit vs qualify

permit

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

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

noun
  • A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus. 

  • An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. 

  • A learner's permit. 

qualify

verb
  • To certify or license someone for something. 

  • To throw and catch each object at least twice. 

  • To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage. 

  • To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task. 

  • To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true. 

  • To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. 

  • To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities. 

noun
  • An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice. 

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