Glance vs. Graze — What's the Difference?

To direct the eyes at or toward something briefly

To feed on growing grasses and herbage.

To read quickly or in cursory fashion

To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal.

To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected

To eat snacks throughout the day in place of full meals.

To shine over or through something at an angle

To feed on (herbage) in a field or on pastureland.

To be reflected, especially in flashes

To feed on the herbage of (a piece of land).

To make a passing reference; touch briefly

To afford herbage for the feeding of

To strike (a surface) at an angle; graze

To put (livestock) out to feed.

Any of various minerals that have a brilliant luster

To tend (feeding livestock) in a pasture.

(transitive)

To touch lightly in passing; brush.

To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

To look briefly at (something).

A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.

The act of animals feeding from pasture.

To cause (something) to move obliquely.

(transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

(figuratively) To communicate (something) using the eyes.

(ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

(obsolete)

(transitive) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

(intransitive)

(intransitive) To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.

To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.

To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.

Of light, etc.: to gleam, to sparkle.

(transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.

Of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter.

(transitive) To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.

(figuratively)

(intransitive) To yield grass for grazing.

(obsolete)

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

A brief or cursory look.

To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.

A quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter; also, the flash or glitter.

To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

(cricket) A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.

To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

(ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: an act of rapidly touching the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.

To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.

(obsolete)

To yield grass for grazing.

An act of striking and flying off in an oblique direction; a deflection.

To touch something lightly in passing.

(figuratively) An incidental or passing allusion or thought, often unfavourable, expressed on a topic.

The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.

Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.

A light touch; a slight scratch.

A sudden flash of light or splendor.

A superficial abrasion

A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.

The act of grazing

An incidental or passing thought or allusion.

Feed as in a meadow or pasture;

A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.

Break the skin (of a body part) by scraping;

To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.

Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced".

Scrape gently;

To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.

Eat lightly, try different dishes;

To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; - often with at.

To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.

To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.

To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.

A quick look

Throw a glance at; take a brief look at;

Rebound after hitting;