bombastic vs modest

bombastic

adj
  • High-sounding but with little meaning. 

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

modest

adj
  • Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. 

  • Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble. 

  • Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety. 

  • Small, moderate in size. 

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