illuminate vs paint

illuminate

verb
  • To direct a radar beam toward. 

  • To be exposed to light. 

  • To shine light on something. 

  • To glow; to light up. 

  • To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs. 

  • To decorate something with lights. 

  • To clarify or make something understandable. 

  • To make spectacular. 

noun
  • Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment. 

paint

verb
  • To direct a radar beam toward. 

  • To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part. 

  • To apply paint to. 

  • To create (an image) with paints. 

  • To apply in the manner that paint is applied. 

  • To draw an element in a graphical user interface. 

  • To depict or portray. 

  • To practise the art of painting pictures. 

  • To color one's face by way of beautifying it. 

  • To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint. 

noun
  • Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated. 

  • A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures. 

  • The free-throw lane, construed with the. 

  • A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied. 

  • Paintballs. 

  • Tattoo work. 

  • The appearance of an object on a radar screen. 

  • Makeup. 

  • A face card (king, queen, or jack). 

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