now vs word

now

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. 

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. 

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

  • Present; current. 

intj
  • Indicates a signal to begin. 

word

noun
  • A brief discussion or conversation. 

  • An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will. 

  • A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space. 

  • A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning 

  • The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes 

  • The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. . 

  • A minor reprimand. 

  • Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture. 

  • News; tidings 

  • A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register). 

  • A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words). 

  • A promise; an oath or guarantee. 

  • See words. 

  • The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes 

  • A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word). 

  • The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.) 

  • A finite string that is not a command or operator. 

  • A group element, expressed as a product of group elements. 

  • Logos, Christ. 

  • Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech. 

verb
  • To conjure with a word. 

  • To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something). 

  • To ply or overpower with words. 

intj
  • Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond." 

  • An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval. 

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