alighten vs twinkle

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. 

twinkle

verb
  • To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer. 

  • To bat, blink or wink the eyes. 

  • To be bright with delight. 

  • To flit to and fro. 

noun
  • A brief moment; a twinkling. 

  • The female genitalia. 

  • A sparkle or glimmer of light. 

  • A sparkle of delight in the eyes. 

  • A flitting movement. 

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