glance vs review

glance

noun
  • A brief or cursory look. 

  • An incidental or passing thought or allusion. 

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

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

  • A deflection. 

  • Glance coal. 

  • A sudden flash of light or splendour. 

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. 

review

noun
  • A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights. 

  • A survey of the available items or material. 

  • A stage show made up of topical sketches etc. 

  • A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs. 

  • A judicial reassessment of a case or an event. 

  • A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field. 

  • An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work. 

  • A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code. 

verb
  • To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise. 

  • To survey; to look broadly over. 

  • To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination. 

  • To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review. 

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