Difference between Modest and Unassuming

MODEST vs UNASSUMING: ADJECTIVE

Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress, especially in the avoidance of arousing sexual interest.
Having or proceeding from a disinclination to call attention to oneself; retiring or diffident.
Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own abilities, accomplishments, or value.
Free from showiness or ostentation; unpretentious: : plain.
Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
Limited in size or scope
Free from ostentation or pretension
Free from pomp or affectation
Marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
Not large but sufficient in size or amount
Low or inferior in station or quality
Moderate or limited in size, quantity, or range; not extreme.
Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive
Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman.
Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate
Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.
Small, moderate in size.
Avoiding being sexually suggestive.
Not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance

Retiring in disposition or demeanor; restrained by a sense of propriety, humility, or diffidence; not ostentatious, bold, or forward; unobtrusive.
Acting with decorum or delicacy; restrained by chaste or scrupulous feelings; pure in thought and conduct.
Humble in spirit or manner
Marked by simplicity
Relatively moderate, limited, or small
Manifesting or seeming to manifest humility, propriety, or decorum; not gaudy, showy, or meretricious.
Moderate; not excessive or extreme; not extravagant: as, a modest computation; a modest fortune.
Unpretentious.
Synonyms Unassuming, unpretending, coy, shy. See bashfulness.
Decent, chaste, virtuous.

Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant; modest; not forthputting; retiring.

Restrained, Demure, Unpretentious, Discreet, Minor, Limited, Unostentatious, Low, Meek, Unassuming, Humble, Moderate, Mild, Decent, Small

Likeable, Personable, Easygoing, Nondescript, Unimposing, Unprepossessing, Amiable, Affable, Unpretentious, Pretention, Small, Lowly, Humble, Retiring, Modest

Restrained, Demure, Unpretentious, Discreet, Minor, Limited, Unostentatious, Low, Meek, Unassuming, Humble, Moderate, Mild, Decent, Small

Taciturn, Likeable, Personable, Easygoing, Nondescript, Unimposing, Unprepossessing, Amiable, Affable, Unpretentious, Small, Lowly, Humble, Retiring, Modest

Whose modest tresses are bound up for thee.
No thought of modest hesitation occurred to me.
They approach a modest rooming house and enter.
Some will do it for a modest fee.
New PASEC Results Show Modest Improvements in Student.
Bem was a modest man but very bright.
Wish, Frank Shankwitz still maintained a modest mindset.
In its modest way, it has done that.
Shorts and skirts should be of modest length and any slits in skirts should be of modest length as well.
Great project, modest skill level required, modest cost involved.