knowing vs prior knowledge

knowing

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

prep
  • Given my knowledge about someone or something. 

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. 

prior knowledge

noun
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prior, knowledge. 

  • Knowledge of a set of circumstances sufficient to make actions based on those circumstances wrongful. 

  • Prior to the inception of an insurance policy, knowledge of specific extant circumstances that could reasonably give rise to a claim under that policy. 

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