clinquant vs gilt

clinquant

noun
  • Tinsel; glitter. 

  • Dutch metal. 

adj
  • Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery. 

gilt

noun
  • Gold-colored paint or other coating. 

  • A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding. 

  • Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding. 

  • A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged). 

  • Money. 

adj
  • Golden coloured. 

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