eyeball vs scrutinize

eyeball

verb
  • To scrutinize. 

  • To roll one's eyes. 

  • To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at. 

  • To stare at intently. 

noun
  • A face-to-face meeting. 

  • The ball of the eye. 

  • A person's focus of attention. 

  • A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye. 

  • A readership or viewership. 

scrutinize

verb
  • To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws. 

  • To audit accounts etc in order to verify them. 

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