bashful vs demure

bashful

adj
  • Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid. 

  • Indicating bashfulness. 

demure

adj
  • Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious. 

  • Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity. 

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