glimpse vs inspect

glimpse

verb
  • To see or view briefly or incompletely. 

  • To appear by glimpses. 

noun
  • A brief look, glance, or peek. 

  • A sudden flash. 

  • A faint idea; an inkling. 

inspect

verb
  • To view and examine officially. 

  • To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize. 

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