gaze vs noddle

gaze

noun
  • A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention. 

  • In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed. 

verb
  • To stare at. 

  • To stare intently or earnestly. 

noddle

noun
  • The head as the seat of mental capacity or intellect. 

  • The head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. 

verb
  • To nod repeatedly. 

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