self-sustaining vs smug

self-sustaining

adj
  • Opposing or rejecting exterior influence; independent. 

  • Able to sustain itself without the need for additional fuel. 

  • Able to provide for one's own needs without help from others; self-sufficient. 

smug

adj
  • Showing smugness; showing self-complacency, self-satisfaction. 

  • Irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied. 

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