now vs tally

now

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. 

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

  • Present; current. 

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

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. 

tally

intj
  • Target sighted. 

noun
  • A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong. 

  • A tally shop. 

  • A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game. 

  • One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate. 

  • Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate. 

  • One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept. 

verb
  • To count something. 

  • To make things correspond or agree with each other. 

  • To mathematically calculate a numeric result. 

  • To keep score. 

  • To correspond or agree. 

  • To record something by making marks. 

  • To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard. 

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