about vs no

about

prep
  • See about to. 

  • Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect. 

  • In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup. 

  • In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of. 

  • Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place. 

  • Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. 

  • On one's person; nearby the person. 

  • Have you much hay about? = Have you much in the process of making? 

  • Concerned with; engaged in; intent on. 

adv
  • To the opposite tack: see go about. 

  • Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity. 

  • Near; in the vicinity. 

  • From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity. 

  • Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost. 

  • On all sides; around. 

  • Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down. 

  • To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view. 

adj
  • Moving around; astir. 

  • In existence; being in evidence; apparent. 

  • Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood. 

no

prep
  • like 

  • not, does not, do not, etc. 

  • without 

intj
  • vehement rejection of truthfulness 

  • disgust 

  • mild disapproval 

adv
  • Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives. 

  • not 

  • Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives. 

det
  • Not any. 

  • Hardly any. 

  • Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully. 

  • Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something). 

noun
  • a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval 

  • a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition 

particle
  • Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition. 

  • Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement. 

  • Used to show agreement with a negative question. 

How often have the words about and no occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )