enlightenment vs knowledge

enlightenment

noun
  • An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. 

  • A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge. 

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