gallant vs refined

gallant

adj
  • Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous. 

  • grand, noble. 

  • Brave, valiant. 

  • honorable. 

noun
  • A topgallant. 

  • One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer. 

verb
  • To conduct, escort, convey. 

refined

adj
  • Elegant, sometimes (derogatory) affected, prissy, or bloodless. 

  • Developed, improved. 

  • Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out. 

  • Highly-processed and pure. 

  • Free of dross or alloy. 

  • Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum. 

  • Elevated and polished. 

noun
  • The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form. 

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