pretentious vs self-effacing

pretentious

adj
  • Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction. 

  • Intended to impress others. 

self-effacing

adj
  • Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable. 

How often have the words pretentious and self-effacing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )