comprehension vs knowledge

comprehension

noun
  • Thorough understanding. 

  • The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England. 

  • The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion. 

  • A compact syntax for generating a list in some functional programming languages. 

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 comprehension and knowledge occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )