adorned vs gaudy

adorned

adj
  • Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments). 

gaudy

adj
  • Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner. 

noun
  • A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the long vacation. 

How often have the words adorned and gaudy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )