commitment vs promise

commitment

noun
  • State of being pledged or engaged. 

  • The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail. 

  • The trait of sincerity and focused purpose. 

  • The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review. 

  • Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution. 

  • Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially 

  • Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons. 

  • Perpetration as in a crime or mistake. 

  • Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date. 

promise

noun
  • an oath or affirmation; a vow 

  • 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. 

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

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

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