burnished vs silken

burnished

adj
  • Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher). 

  • Blazing, bright. 

silken

adj
  • Made of silk. 

  • Smoothly uttered; flowing, subtle, or convincing in presentation. 

  • Dressed in silk. 

  • Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk. 

verb
  • To render silken or silklike. 

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