promising vs stipulated

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. 

stipulated

adj
  • Specified, promised or guaranteed in an agreement. 

  • Required as a condition of a contract or agreement. 

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