brash vs refined

brash

adj
  • Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way. 

  • Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless. 

  • Overly bold, impetuous or rash. 

noun
  • Broken fragments of ice. 

  • Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits. 

  • A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. 

  • A sudden burst of rain. 

  • Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge. 

refined

adj
  • Elegant, sometimes (derogatory) affected, prissy, or bloodless. 

  • Developed, improved. 

  • Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out. 

  • Highly-processed and pure. 

  • Free of dross or alloy. 

  • Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum. 

  • Elevated and polished. 

noun
  • The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form. 

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