knowing vs next to

knowing

prep
  • Given my knowledge about someone or something. 

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. 

next to

prep
  • Immediately after, in choice or consideration; aside from. 

  • Beside, alongside, by, adjacent to, or near. 

  • Compared to, in comparison with. 

adv
  • Almost; nearly, well-nigh. 

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