cognizance vs recognition

cognizance

noun
  • Notice or awareness. 

  • An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house. 

  • Jurisdiction. 

recognition

noun
  • The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity). 

  • Acceptance as valid or true. 

  • Honour, favourable note, or attention. 

  • A return of the feu to the superior. 

  • Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country. 

  • The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others. 

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