tasteful vs tinsel

tasteful

adj
  • Having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate. 

  • Gay; fashionable. 

  • Having a high relish; savoury. 

tinsel

adj
  • Apparently beautiful and costly but having little value; superficially attractive; gaudy, showy, tawdry. 

verb
  • To ornament (fabric, etc.) by weaving into it thread of gold, silver, or some other shiny material. 

  • To deck out (a place or something) with showy but cheap ornaments; to make gaudy. 

  • To give (something) a false or superficial attractiveness. 

noun
  • A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration. 

  • Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable. 

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