pretentious vs soft-spoken

pretentious

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

  • Intended to impress others. 

soft-spoken

adj
  • Having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly. 

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