commitment vs vow

commitment

noun
  • State of being pledged or engaged. 

  • The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail. 

  • The trait of sincerity and focused purpose. 

  • The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review. 

  • Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution. 

  • Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially 

  • Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons. 

  • Perpetration as in a crime or mistake. 

  • Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date. 

vow

noun
  • A declaration or assertion. 

  • A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order. 

verb
  • To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation. 

  • To make a vow; to promise. 

  • To make a vow regarding (something). 

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