boast vs stoop

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. 

stoop

verb
  • To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection. 

  • To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals. 

  • To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. 

  • To cause to incline downward; to slant. 

  • Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey. 

  • To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch. 

  • To cause to submit; to prostrate. 

noun
  • The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence. 

  • A stooping, bent position of the body. 

  • A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout. 

  • A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine. 

  • The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep. 

  • An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack. 

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