What's the difference between not and now?

Not

Definition:

• () Wot not; know not; knows not.
• (a.) Shorn; shaven.
• (adv.) A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal.

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Now

Definition:

• (adv.) At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
• (adv.) Very lately; not long ago.
• (adv.) At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
• (adv.) In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.
• (a.) Existing at the present time; present.
• (n.) The present time or moment; the present.

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