now vs smart

now

adj
  • Fashionable; popular; up to date; current. 

  • Present; current. 

adv
  • Used to indicate a context of urgency. 

  • Sometimes; occasionally. 

  • Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. (In this usage, now is usually emphasized). 

  • At the present time. 

  • Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke. 

  • At the time reached within a narration. 

  • Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times. 

conj
  • Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that. 

intj
  • Indicates a signal to begin. 

noun
  • The state of not paying attention to the future or the past. 

  • The present time. 

  • A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant. 

smart

adj
  • Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable. 

  • Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology). 

  • Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful. 

  • Sharp; keen; poignant. 

  • Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books. 

  • Sudden and intense. 

  • Exhibiting social ability or cleverness. 

  • Causing sharp pain; stinging. 

noun
  • Smart-money. 

  • Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction. 

  • A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting. 

verb
  • To cause a smart or sting in. 

  • To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil. 

  • To hurt or sting. 

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