gritty vs sugarcoated

gritty

adj
  • Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. 

  • Spirited; resolute; unyielding. 

  • Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence. 

sugarcoated

adj
  • Made superficially more attractive, possibly to cover up faults. 

  • Coated with sugar. 

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