commencing vs inchoate

commencing

inchoate

noun
  • A beginning, an immature start. 

verb
  • To cause or bring about. 

  • To make a start. 

  • To begin or start (something). 

adj
  • Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act. 

  • Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling. 

  • Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature. 

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