brag vs whimper

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. 

whimper

verb
  • To say something in a whimpering manner. 

  • To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain. 

  • To cry or sob softly and intermittently. 

noun
  • A low intermittent sob. 

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