brag vs work out

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. 

work out

verb
  • To make sense of. 

  • To strengthen a part one’s body by exercise. 

  • To earn a wage working away from one's farm. 

  • To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort. 

  • To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation. 

  • To conclude with the correct solution. 

  • To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited. 

  • To smooth or perfect. 

  • To exercise, especially by lifting weights. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out. 

  • To calculate. 

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