knowing vs practical

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. 

practical

adj
  • Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical. 

  • Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery. 

  • Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use. 

  • Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation. 

  • Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis. 

noun
  • A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation. 

  • A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery. 

  • A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability 

  • Laboratory experiment, test or investigation 

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