humble vs shame

humble

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 

adj
  • Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. 

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

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

shame

verb
  • To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace. 

  • To cause to feel shame. 

  • To drive or compel by shame. 

intj
  • A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates. 

  • Expressing sympathy. 

noun
  • Something to regret. 

  • Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision. 

  • The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy. 

  • The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency. 

  • That which is shameful and private, especially private parts. 

  • Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private. 

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