humble vs smug

humble

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

  • Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. 

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

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 

smug

adj
  • Irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied. 

  • Showing smugness; showing self-complacency, self-satisfaction. 

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