knowing vs literate

knowing

adj
  • Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. 

  • The ability to know something without being taught. 

  • Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

literate

adj
  • Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read. 

  • Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect). 

  • Able to read and write; having literacy. 

noun
  • A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders. 

  • A person who is able to read and write. 

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