exacting vs promissory

exacting

adj
  • Making great demands; difficult to satisfy. 

  • Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention. 

  • Characterized by exaction. 

promissory

adj
  • Containing or consisting of a promise. 

  • Stipulating the future actions required of the parties to an insurance policy or other business agreement. 

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