affable vs aloof

affable

adj
  • Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable. 

  • Mild; benign. 

aloof

adj
  • Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish. 

adv
  • At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. 

  • Without sympathy; unfavorably. 

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