be cognizant of vs understand

be cognizant of

understand

verb
  • To believe, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge. 

  • To stand underneath, to support. 

  • To grasp a concept fully in one's mind, especially (of words, statements, art, etc.) to be aware of the meaning of and (of people) to be aware of the intent of. 

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