former vs prompt

former

adj
  • First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun. 

  • Previous. 

noun
  • An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die. 

  • Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder. 

  • Someone in, or of, a certain form (class). 

prompt

verb
  • To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing. 

  • To initiate; to cause or lead to. 

  • To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do. 

adj
  • On time; punctual. 

  • Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading. 

  • Quick; acting without delay. 

noun
  • A suggestion for inspiration given to an author. 

  • A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input. 

  • A reminder or cue. 

  • Textual input given to a large language model in order to have it generate a desired output. 

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