humble vs ovine

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. 

ovine

adj
  • Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly. 

  • Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis. 

noun
  • An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep. 

  • A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep. 

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