look around vs seek

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. 

seek

verb
  • To try to find; to look for; to search for. 

  • To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at. 

  • To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. 

  • To navigate through a stream. 

  • To ask for; to solicit; to beseech. 

  • To attempt, endeavour, try 

noun
  • The operation of navigating through a stream. 

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