sheen vs slick

sheen

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

  • Splendor; radiance; shininess. 

  • The letter ش in the Arabic script. 

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

verb
  • To shine; to glisten. 

slick

noun
  • A covering of liquid, particularly oil. 

  • A tool used to make something smooth or even. 

  • A helicopter. 

  • A wide paring chisel used in joinery. 

  • A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device. 

  • In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat. 

  • Someone who is clever and untrustworthy. 

  • A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing. 

verb
  • To make slick. 

adj
  • Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances. 

  • Sleek; smooth. 

  • Extraordinarily great or special. 

  • Appearing expensive or sophisticated. 

  • Clever, making an apparently hard task easy. 

  • Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy. 

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