gild vs uglify

gild

verb
  • To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf. 

  • To adorn. 

  • To decorate with a golden surface appearance. 

  • To give a bright or pleasing aspect to. 

  • To make appear drunk. 

uglify

verb
  • Synonym of minify 

  • To become ugly. 

  • To make ugly; to destroy or worsen the appearance or attractiveness of. 

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