grovel vs self-control

grovel

verb
  • To abase oneself before another person. 

  • To be prone on the ground. 

  • To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something. 

  • To take pleasure in mundane activities. 

  • To crawl. 

self-control

verb
  • To control oneself or itself. 

noun
  • The ability to control one's desires and impulses; willpower. 

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