gloss vs look

gloss

noun
  • A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance. 

  • A surface shine or luster. 

  • A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text. 

  • An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law. 

  • An extensive commentary on some text. 

  • A glossary; a collection of such notes. 

verb
  • To give a gloss or sheen to. 

  • To make (something) attractive by deception 

  • Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”). 

  • To add a gloss to (a text). 

  • To become shiny. 

look

noun
  • Physical appearance, visual impression. 

  • A facial expression. 

  • The action of looking; an attempt to see. 

verb
  • As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object. 

  • To make sure of, to see to. 

  • To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it. 

  • To give an appearance of being. 

  • To express or manifest by a look. 

  • To face or present a view. 

  • To expect or anticipate. 

  • As an intransitive verb, often with "at". 

  • To search for, to try to find. 

  • To appear, to seem. 

intj
  • Pay attention. 

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