knowledge vs nous

knowledge and nous both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knowledge	Yes	No	No	No
nous	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nous is a hyponym of knowledge; that is, nous is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than knowledge:

knowledge: the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
nous: that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

knowledge (noun)	nous (noun)
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning	that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
	common sense