sentimental vs sugarcoated

sentimental

adj
  • Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion. 

  • Derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment. 

  • Romantic. 

sugarcoated

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

  • Coated with sugar. 

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