abject vs humble

abject

adj
  • Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile. 

  • Complete; downright; utter. 

  • Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. 

  • Lower than nearby areas; low-lying. 

noun
  • A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class. 

humble

adj
  • Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest. 

  • Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. 

verb
  • To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive. 

  • To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of 

noun
  • An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject. 

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