hardy vs knowing

hardy

adj
  • Brave and resolute. 

  • Impudent. 

  • Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. 

  • Able to survive adverse growing conditions. 

noun
  • Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy. 

  • A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole. 

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. 

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

prep
  • Given my knowledge about someone or something. 

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