knowledge vs tinge

knowledge

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

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

  • 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. 

tinge

verb
  • To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing. 

  • To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing. 

  • To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing. 

noun
  • The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint. 

  • A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing. 

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