dazzle vs sheen

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. 

sheen

noun
  • Splendor; radiance; shininess. 

  • A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface. 

  • The letter ش in the Arabic script. 

adj
  • Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny. 

verb
  • To shine; to glisten. 

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