brag vs raven

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. 

adj
  • Excellent; first-rate. 

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

  • The thing which is boasted of. 

  • The card game three card brag. 

raven

verb
  • To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something). 

  • To prey on with rapacity. 

  • To devour with great eagerness. 

adj
  • Of the color of the raven; jet-black 

noun
  • Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax. 

  • A jet-black colour. 

  • raven 

  • Rapine; rapacity. 

  • Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. 

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