promise vs separate

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 

separate

verb
  • To cause (things or people) to be separate. 

  • To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect. 

  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts. 

  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. 

noun
  • A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers. 

  • Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants. 

adj
  • Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). 

  • Not together (with); not united (to). 

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