"Take account of" vs. "take into account"

Is there any difference in meaning between:

  1. take account of
  2. take into account

Or do they both mean "to take into consideration"?


Solution 1:

Take account of means to pay attention to someone or something, take notice of, *as well as to take into consideration.

take into account means to take into consideration.

They're so close as to be fairly interchangeable, take into account usually allows a sentence to flow more smoothly.