egotism vs self-seeking

egotism

noun
  • The result or product of being egoistic. 

  • A belief that one is superior to or more important than others. 

  • Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest). 

  • A tendency to talk excessively about oneself. 

self-seeking

noun
  • The selfish promotion of one's own interests. 

adj
  • Mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests. 

  • That searches for a target automatically. 

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