alighten vs glitter

alighten

verb
  • To make light; to illuminate or brighten. 

  • To lighten; to reduce in weight or heaviness. 

  • To alight, to dismount or get down from. 

  • To alight; to land, to descend and rest. 

glitter

verb
  • To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam. 

  • To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive. 

noun
  • A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork. 

  • Glitz. 

  • A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance. 

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