know vs signpost

know

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

  • Knowledge; the state of knowing. 

verb
  • 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 or become aware or cognizant. 

  • 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. 

signpost

noun
  • A word or phrase within a clue that serves as an indicator, rather than being fodder. 

  • A post bearing a sign that gives information on directions. 

verb
  • To indicate logical progress of a discourse using words or phrases such as now, right, to recap, to sum up, as I was saying, etc. 

  • To install signposts on. 

  • To signal, as if with a signpost 

  • To direct (somebody) to services, resources, etc. 

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