self-seeking vs self-serving

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. 

self-serving

adj
  • Showing interest only in oneself (pursuing self-interest to the exclusion of other goals). 

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