brightness vs glint

brightness

noun
  • The quality of being bright. 

  • Intelligence, cleverness. 

  • The perceived luminance of an object. 

glint

noun
  • A short flash of light. 

verb
  • To flash or gleam briefly. 

  • To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. 

  • To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect. 

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