provident vs saving

provident

adj
  • Showing care in the use of something (especially money or provisions), so as to avoid wasting it. 

  • Providing (for someone’s needs). 

  • Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future. 

saving

adj
  • Relating to making a saving. 

  • Preserving; rescuing. 

  • Thrifty; frugal. 

  • That saves someone from damnation; redemptive. 

  • Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful. 

  • Making reservation or exception. 

noun
  • The action of the verb to save. 

  • A reduction in cost or expenditure. 

  • Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future. 

prep
  • Without disrespect to. 

  • With the exception of; except; save. 

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