now vs there

now

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

  • 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. 

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. 

intj
  • Indicates a signal to begin. 

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

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

  • Present; current. 

there

adv
  • In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place. 

  • In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here). 

  • To or into that place; thither. 

  • In this world, used to say that someone or something exists; see pronoun section below. 

intj
  • Used to offer encouragement or sympathy. 

  • Used to express victory or completion. 

noun
  • That place. 

  • That status; that position. 

pron
  • That. 

  • Appended to words of greeting etc. 

  • Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied. 

  • Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence. 

  • Used with other verbs, when raised. 

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