brag vs swagger

brag

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

  • The thing which is boasted of. 

  • The card game three card 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. 

swagger

noun
  • A prideful boasting or bragging. 

  • A bold or arrogant strut. 

  • Synonym of swagman 

  • Confidence, pride. 

verb
  • To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully. 

  • To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner. 

  • To walk with a swaying motion. 

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