forlorn vs promising

forlorn

noun
  • A forlorn hope. 

  • A member of a forlorn hope. 

adj
  • Abandoned, deserted, left behind. 

  • Unlikely to succeed; hopeless. 

  • Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken. 

promising

noun
  • The act of making a promise. 

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

  • a promising young apprentice 

  • Encouraging and inspiring confidence. 

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