sparkle vs verve

sparkle

noun
  • The quality of being sparkling or fizzy; effervescence. 

  • Brilliance; luster. 

  • Liveliness; vivacity. 

  • A little spark; a scintillation. 

verb
  • To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. 

  • To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles 

  • To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle 

  • To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce 

  • To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. 

verve

noun
  • Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing. 

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