gaze vs side-eye

gaze

verb
  • To stare intently or earnestly. 

  • To stare at. 

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

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

side-eye

verb
  • To look at out of the corner of one's eye, particularly with animosity, or in a judgmental or suspicious manner. 

noun
  • A sidelong look, particularly of animosity, judgment, or suspicion. 

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