Attention and Gaze

Attention

Attention noun - A focusing of the mind on something.

Gaze and attention are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gaze" instead a noun "Attention".

Nearby Words: attentive, attentively

Gaze

Gaze noun - A fixed intent look.
Usage example: suddenly aware of her admiring gaze, he became self-conscious and uncomfortable

Attention and gaze are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attention" instead a noun "Gaze".

Nearby Words: gazed, gazer, gazing

How words are described

keen keen attention keen gaze
complete complete attention complete gaze
actual actual attention actual gaze
intense intense attention intense gaze
Other adjectives: serious, little, hostile, less, significant, wide.

Both words in one sentence

  • Celibate Hero Daichi in Greek Ninja, who is not only annoyed by girls' attention, but also appears unaware of their gaze.
    Source: Celibate Hero
  • Anime / Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie When its gaze shifts to her, it zooms in on her breasts for several seconds, then her thighs, and finally focuses its attention directly between her legs.
  • Ms Fanservice / Western Animation Huntress. She doesn't get the amount of in-universe attention that Wonder Woman or Black Canary do, but the camera does develop Male Gaze when she's in an episode.
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