self-satisfaction vs vaunt

self-satisfaction

noun
  • The state of being excessively pleased with oneself; smugness. 

  • A feeling of fulfillment or contentment with respect to one's own accomplishments or situation. 

vaunt

noun
  • A boast; an instance of vaunting. 

verb
  • To speak boastfully about. 

  • To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. 

  • To speak boastfully. 

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