ignorant vs understanding

ignorant

noun
  • One who is ignorant. 

adj
  • Ill-mannered, crude. 

  • Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly. 

  • Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something). 

  • Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance. 

understanding

noun
  • The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment. 

  • Opinion, judgement or outlook. 

  • An informal contract; mutual agreement. 

  • A reconciliation of differences. 

  • Sympathy. 

  • Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer. 

adj
  • Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance. 

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