promising vs wheedling

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. 

wheedling

adj
  • Coaxing, aiming to persuade. 

noun
  • The act of one who wheedles. 

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