enlightenment vs knowing

enlightenment

noun
  • An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. 

  • A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge. 

knowing

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

adj
  • 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. 

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

prep
  • Given my knowledge about someone or something. 

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