contrite vs hangdog

contrite

noun
  • A contrite person; a penitent. 

adj
  • Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions. 

hangdog

noun
  • A base, degraded person. 

verb
  • To move or loiter in a sneaking or ashamed manner. 

adj
  • Low; sneaking; ashamed. 

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