desirable vs promising

desirable

adj
  • Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable. 

noun
  • A thing that people want; something that is desirable. 

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 desirable and promising occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )