accept vs scruple

accept

verb
  • To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance. 

  • To admit to a place or a group. 

  • To endure patiently. 

  • To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in. 

  • To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval. 

  • To agree to pay. 

  • To receive officially. 

  • To receive as adequate or satisfactory. 

  • To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to. 

  • To receive something willingly. 

scruple

verb
  • To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience. 

  • To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. 

  • To regard with suspicion; to question. 

noun
  • Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience. 

  • A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈). 

  • A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour. 

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