glittering vs splendent

glittering

adj
  • Brightly sparkling. 

  • Valuable, desirable. 

noun
  • The appearance of something that glitters. 

splendent

adj
  • shining; glossy; lustrous 

  • Very conspicuous; illustrious. 

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