gilded vs pretentious

gilded

adj
  • Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated. 

  • Having the color or quality of gold. 

  • Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold. 

pretentious

adj
  • Intended to impress others. 

  • Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction. 

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