gilded vs well-to-do

gilded

adj
  • Having the color or quality of gold. 

  • Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated. 

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

well-to-do

adj
  • Rich, prosperous, financially stable and comfortable. 

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