application vs knowing

application

noun
  • The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence. 

  • The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. 

  • A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter. 

  • The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense 

  • A kind of needlework; appliqué. 

  • The substance applied. 

  • The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something. 

  • A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.) 

  • Diligence; close thought or attention. 

  • A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar. 

knowing

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

adj
  • The ability to know something without being taught. 

  • Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding. 

  • Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. 

  • 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. 

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