dazzle vs glisten

dazzle

noun
  • A light of dazzling brilliancy. 

  • A herd of zebra. 

  • Dazzle camouflage. 

  • Showy brilliance that may stop a person from thinking clearly. 

verb
  • To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness. 

  • To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness. 

  • To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance. 

glisten

noun
  • A glistening shine from a wet surface. 

verb
  • To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash. 

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