flashlight vs illuminant

flashlight

noun
  • A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography). 

  • A battery-powered hand-held light source. 

verb
  • To illuminate with a flashlight. 

illuminant

noun
  • Something that illuminates. 

adj
  • That illuminates. 

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