egotistical vs modest

egotistical

adj
  • Believing oneself to be better and more important than others due to one's position, popularity, wealth, appearance, etc. 

  • Egoistical (advocating egoism). 

  • Tending to talk excessively about oneself. 

modest

adj
  • Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble. 

  • Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. 

  • Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety. 

  • Small, moderate in size. 

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