gild the lily vs smarten

gild the lily

verb
  • To embellish or improve something unnecessarily. 

  • To add superfluous attributes to something. 

smarten

verb
  • To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up. 

  • To increase the speed of (one's travel on foot, etc.). 

  • To augment with computer technology. 

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