gaze vs glimpse

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. 

glimpse

noun
  • A brief look, glance, or peek. 

  • A sudden flash. 

  • A faint idea; an inkling. 

verb
  • To see or view briefly or incompletely. 

  • To appear by glimpses. 

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