bombastic vs honest

bombastic

adj
  • showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous 

  • High-sounding but with little meaning. 

honest

adj
  • Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright. 

  • Authentic; full. 

  • Open; frank. 

  • Earned or acquired in a fair manner. 

  • Accurate. 

  • True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased. 

  • In good faith; without malice. 

adv
  • Honestly; really. 

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