adjacent vs knowing

adjacent

adj
  • Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. 

  • Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on. 

  • Just before, after, or facing. 

prep
  • Next to; beside. 

  • Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. 

noun
  • Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite. 

knowing

adj
  • Deliberate, wilful. 

  • The ability to know something without being taught. 

  • Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding. 

  • Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. 

  • 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 adjacent and knowing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )