modest vs proud

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. 

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 modest and proud occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )