glimpse vs look-see

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. 

look-see

noun
  • A brief examination, a peek or glance. 

  • An audition attended by an actor or model so that they can be visually appraised. 

  • I’ve had a look-see at your work, and I think you’ve done a pretty good job of things. 

  • A person who serves as lookout or scout. 

verb
  • To make a quick inspection, especially as a lookout or scout. 

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