no vs this

no

adv
  • Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives. 

  • Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives. 

  • not 

noun
  • a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval 

  • a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition 

prep
  • not, does not, do not, etc. 

  • without 

  • like 

intj
  • vehement rejection of truthfulness 

  • disgust 

  • mild disapproval 

det
  • Not any. 

  • Hardly any. 

  • Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully. 

  • Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something). 

particle
  • Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition. 

  • Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement. 

  • Used to show agreement with a negative question. 

this

adv
  • To the degree or extent indicated. 

intj
  • Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material. 

det
  • The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby). 

  • A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...". 

  • The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned). 

  • The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned). 

  • Designates the current or next instance. 

  • Referring to oneself. 

noun
  • Something being indicated that is here; one of these. 

pron
  • The thing, item, etc. being indicated. 

How often have the words no and this occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )