contracted vs promised

contracted

adj
  • Incurred; acquired. 

  • Arranged by contract; established by agreement. 

  • Made smaller by contraction. 

promised

adj
  • Predicted; expected; anticipated. 

  • Under obligation to some future commitment, such as a marriage or vocation. 

  • Due to become manifest because of a past promise. 

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