judge vs know

judge

verb
  • To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose. 

  • To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction). 

  • To form an opinion; to infer. 

  • To judicially rule or determine. 

  • To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc. 

  • To sit in judgment, to act as judge. 

  • To form an opinion on; to appraise. 

  • To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter). 

  • To criticize or label another person or thing. 

noun
  • A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question. 

  • A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion. 

  • A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar. 

  • A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice. 

  • A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel. 

know

verb
  • To be or become aware or cognizant. 

  • To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that. 

  • To experience. 

  • To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study. 

  • To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music). 

  • To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered. 

  • To be aware of; to be cognizant of. 

  • To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change. 

  • To have knowledge; to have information, be informed. 

noun
  • Knowledge; the state of knowing. 

  • Knowledge; the state of knowing; now confined to the fixed phrase ‘in the know’ 

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