auspicious vs promising

auspicious

adj
  • Conducive to success. 

  • Marked by success; prosperous. 

  • Of good omen; indicating future success. 

promising

adj
  • Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion. 

  • a promising young apprentice 

  • Encouraging and inspiring confidence. 

noun
  • The act of making a promise. 

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