clinquant vs glint

clinquant

noun
  • Tinsel; glitter. 

  • Dutch metal. 

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

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 clinquant and glint occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )