fawning vs submissive

fawning

adj

  • Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile. 

noun

  • Servile flattery. 

submissive

adj

  • Meekly obedient or passive. 

noun

  • One who submits. 

  • One who submits to a dominant partner in BDSM practices. 

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