apprehension vs knowledge

apprehension

noun
  • Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment 

  • Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea. 

  • Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future. 

  • The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding. 

  • The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing. 

  • The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. 

knowledge

noun
  • Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information. 

  • Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge). 

  • The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. 

  • Justified true belief 

  • The total of what is known; all information and products of learning. 

  • The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England. 

  • Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something. 

  • Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science. 

  • Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc. 

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