brag vs threaten

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. 

threaten

verb
  • To portend, or give a warning of. 

  • To call into question the validity of (a belief, idea, or viewpoint); to challenge. 

  • He threatened me with a knife. 

  • To make a threat against someone; to use threats. 

  • To menace, or be dangerous. 

  • To be close to equaling or surpassing (a record, etc.) 

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