a la mode vs knowing

a la mode

adj
  • Fashionable; in the current style or fashion. 

  • Served with ice cream. 

  • Of beef: larded and stewed with vegetables. 

adv
  • In a particular style or fashion. 

knowing

adj
  • Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic. 

  • The ability to know something without being taught. 

  • Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding. 

  • Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. 

  • Deliberate, wilful. 

  • Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning. 

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

prep
  • Given my knowledge about someone or something. 

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