glaze vs sheen

glaze

verb
  • To become glazed or glassy. 

  • To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating. 

  • For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance. 

  • To install windows. 

noun
  • A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint. 

  • A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice. 

  • A smooth edible coating applied to food. 

  • A glazing oven; glost oven. 

  • The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb). 

  • Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes. 

sheen

verb
  • To shine; to glisten. 

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

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. 

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