humble vs puff up

humble

verb
  • To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive. 

  • To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of 

adj
  • Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. 

  • Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest. 

noun
  • An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject. 

puff up

verb
  • To inflate with air. 

  • To swell due to injury or illness. 

  • To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.) 

  • To fluff up, such as an animal raising its fur or feathers to appear larger or conserve body heat. 

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