deny vs privilege

deny

verb
  • To assert that something is not true. 

  • To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. 

  • To refuse to give or grant something to someone. 

  • To disallow or reject. 

  • To take something away from someone; to deprive of. 

  • To prevent from scoring. 

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