due vs early

due

adj
  • Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time. 

  • Appropriate. 

  • Owing; ascribable, as to a cause. 

  • Owed or owing. 

  • Scheduled; expected. 

  • On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass 

noun
  • Deserved acknowledgment. 

  • That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty. 

  • Right; just title or claim. 

  • A membership fee. 

adv
  • Directly; exactly. 

early

adj
  • Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time. 

  • Near the start or beginning. 

  • Near the start of the day. 

  • Having begun to occur; in its early stages. 

  • At a time in advance of the usual or expected event. 

  • Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun. 

adv
  • At a time before expected; sooner than usual. 

  • Soon; in good time; seasonably. 

noun
  • A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day. 

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