knowing vs searing

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. 

prep
  • Given my knowledge about someone or something. 

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

searing

adj
  • damning; critical; scathing 

  • very hot; blistering or boiling 

  • having a sensation of intense sudden heat 

noun
  • cooking food quickly at high temperature 

  • action of the verb to sear 

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