generous vs self-seeking

generous

adj
  • Invigorating in its nature. 

  • Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. 

  • Large, more than ample, copious. 

  • Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous. 

self-seeking

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

  • That searches for a target automatically. 

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

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