brag vs glory

brag

verb
  • To boast of something. 

  • To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself. 

noun
  • A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification. 

  • The thing which is boasted of. 

  • The card game three card brag. 

adj
  • Excellent; first-rate. 

glory

verb
  • To boast; to be proud. 

  • To exult with joy; to rejoice. 

noun
  • The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions. 

  • Victory; success. 

  • That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour. 

  • Great beauty and splendor. 

  • An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point. 

  • Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown. 

  • An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line. 

  • Worship or praise. 

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