gape vs glance

gape

verb
  • To stare in wonder. 

  • To open wide; to display a gap. 

  • To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals. 

  • To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity. 

  • To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise. 

noun
  • An act of gaping; a yawn. 

  • A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping. 

  • The width of an opening. 

  • A large opening. 

  • The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open. 

glance

verb
  • To look briefly (at something). 

  • To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle. 

  • A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae. 

  • To sparkle. 

  • To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at. 

  • To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header. 

  • To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. 

  • To graze at a surface. 

noun
  • An incidental or passing thought or allusion. 

  • Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre. 

  • A brief or cursory look. 

  • A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side. 

  • A deflection. 

  • Glance coal. 

  • A sudden flash of light or splendour. 

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