lofty vs proud

lofty

adj
  • extremely proud; arrogant; haughty 

  • high, tall, having great height or stature 

  • idealistic, implying over-optimism 

proud

adj
  • Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious. 

  • Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified. 

  • Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth. 

  • standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic. 

  • Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride. 

  • That makes one feel proud (of something one did) 

  • Standing out or raised; swollen. 

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