promising vs virgin

promising

adj
  • a promising young apprentice 

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

  • Encouraging and inspiring confidence. 

noun
  • The act of making a promise. 

virgin

adj
  • Inexperienced. 

  • In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse. 

  • Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered. 

  • Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol. 

  • Of a physical object, untouched. 

  • Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations. 

noun
  • Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a saint. 

  • Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. 

  • A person who has never had sexual intercourse (but may have engaged in other sexual acts, such as masturbation). 

  • A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all. 

  • A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect. 

  • One who has never used or experienced a specified thing. 

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