conceit vs vanity

conceit

noun
  • Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. 

  • A novel or fanciful idea; a whim. 

  • Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy. 

  • The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension. 

  • Design; pattern. 

  • An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. 

vanity

noun
  • Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions. 

  • A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors on top. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon. 

  • Emptiness. 

  • That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit. 

  • A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture. 

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