brash vs humble

brash

adj
  • Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless. 

  • Overly bold, impetuous or rash. 

  • Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way. 

noun
  • Broken fragments of ice. 

  • Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits. 

  • A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. 

  • A sudden burst of rain. 

  • Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge. 

humble

adj
  • Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest. 

  • Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. 

verb
  • To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive. 

  • To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of 

noun
  • An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject. 

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