beholding vs gaze

beholding

noun
  • The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation. 

gaze

noun
  • A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention. 

  • In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed. 

verb
  • To stare at. 

  • To stare intently or earnestly. 

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