bode vs promise

bode

verb
  • To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell. 

  • simple past tense of bide 

  • To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future. 

noun
  • A stop; a halting; delay. 

  • An omen; a foreshadowing. 

  • A herald; a messenger. 

promise

verb
  • To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good. 

  • To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow. 

noun
  • A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use. 

  • A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation. 

  • Reason to expect improvement or success; potential. 

  • an oath or affirmation; a vow 

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