bracing vs promising

bracing

adj
  • Invigorating or stimulating. 

noun
  • A form of the military attention stance. 

  • That which braces. 

  • A brace. 

promising

adj
  • Encouraging and inspiring confidence. 

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

  • a promising young apprentice 

noun
  • The act of making a promise. 

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