promising vs upcoming

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. 

upcoming

noun
  • The act of coming up. 

  • comeuppance; deserts 

  • The activity of to upcome 

adj
  • Happening or appearing in the relatively near future. 

  • Eggcorn of up-and-coming. 

  • Pertaining to to upcome 

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