glare vs twinkle

glare

verb
  • To shine brightly. 

  • To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid. 

  • To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. 

  • To stare angrily. 

adj
  • smooth and bright or translucent; glary 

noun
  • An angry or fierce stare. 

  • A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call. 

  • A viscous, transparent substance; glair. 

  • An intense, blinding light. 

  • Showy brilliance; gaudiness. 

  • A smooth, bright, glassy surface. 

twinkle

verb
  • To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer. 

  • To bat, blink or wink the eyes. 

  • To be bright with delight. 

  • To flit to and fro. 

noun
  • A brief moment; a twinkling. 

  • The female genitalia. 

  • A sparkle or glimmer of light. 

  • A sparkle of delight in the eyes. 

  • A flitting movement. 

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