intellectual vs knowing

intellectual

adj
  • Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness 

  • Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind. 

  • Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect 

  • Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive. 

noun
  • An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters. 

knowing

adj
  • Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. 

  • The ability to know something without being taught. 

  • Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

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