nor vs not

nor

conj
  • And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one). 

  • A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true. 

  • Than. 

  • Used to introduce a further negative statement. 

not

conj
  • And not. 

adv
  • Negates the meaning of the modified verb. 

  • To no degree. 

  • Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement. 

  • ‘Do they know?’ ‘I believe not’ (formal) 

intj
  • Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. 

How often have the words nor and not occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )