Peek vs. Glance — What's the Difference?

To glance quickly.

To direct the eyes at or toward something briefly

To look or peer furtively, as from a place of concealment.

To read quickly or in cursory fashion

To be only partially visible, as if peering or emerging from hiding

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

A brief or furtive look.

To shine over or through something at an angle

(informal) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.

To be reflected, especially in flashes

(informal) To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.

To make a passing reference; touch briefly

To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.

To strike (a surface) at an angle; graze

A quick glance or look.

Any of various minerals that have a brilliant luster

To look surreptitiously, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.

(transitive)

A secret look

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

Throw a glance at; take a brief look at;

To look briefly at (something).

To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.

To cause (something) to move obliquely.

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

(obsolete)

(intransitive)

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

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

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

(figuratively)

(obsolete)

A brief or cursory look.

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

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

(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.

(obsolete)

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

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

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

A sudden flash of light or splendor.

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

An incidental or passing thought or allusion.

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

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

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

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

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;