horse sense vs nous

horse sense

noun
  • Common sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom that trumps formal education. 

nous

noun
  • Common sense; practical intelligence. 

  • The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional 

  • In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation. 

  • The "mind-set" of a society, culture, or group -- as in Homer's use in the third verse of the Odyssey. 

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