know vs tenor

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. 

tenor

noun
  • That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding. 

  • Tone, as of a conversation. 

  • Stamp; character; nature. 

  • An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument. 

  • A tenor saxophone. 

  • A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range. 

  • The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed. 

  • A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. 

  • The lowest tuned in a ring of bells. 

  • Time to maturity of a bond. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range. 

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