knowing vs via

knowing

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. 

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

via

prep
  • By way of; passing through. 

  • By (means of); using. 

noun
  • A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.) 

  • A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers. 

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