look around vs search

look around

verb
  • To search a place. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, around. 

  • To take note of what is going on; to make oneself aware. 

  • To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself. 

  • To inspect a building or area. 

search

verb
  • To look in (a place) for something. 

  • To look thoroughly. 

noun
  • The act of searching in general. 

  • An attempt to find something. 

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