boast vs possess

boast

verb
  • To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. 

  • To play a boast shot. 

  • To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. 

  • To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself. 

  • To possess something special (e.g. as a feature). 

  • To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required. 

noun
  • A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall. 

  • A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself. 

  • Something that one brags about. 

possess

verb
  • Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence. 

  • To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own. 

  • To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with. 

  • To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land). 

  • Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.). 

  • To inhabit or occupy a place. 

  • Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind). 

  • To dominate (a person) sexually; to have sexual intercourse with (a person). 

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