miserly vs self-seeking

miserly

adj
  • Like a miser, very cautious with money. 

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 miserly and self-seeking occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )