now vs wherever

now

adv
  • At the present time. 

  • 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). 

  • 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. 

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

  • Present; current. 

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. 

wherever

adv
  • Where ever; an emphatic form of where. 

  • In, at or to any place that one likes or chooses. 

  • The place (no matter where) in, at or to which. 

conj
  • In, at or to any place (that); anywhere. 

  • Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located. 

  • In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere. 

  • Regardless of the place in, at or to which. 

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