Glimpse and Show

Glimpse

Glimpse noun - An instance of looking especially briefly.

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Show and glimpse are semantically related in vision topic. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a noun "Glimpse".

Nearby Words: glimpsed, glimpsing

Show noun - An outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect.

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Glimpse and show are semantically related in vision topic. Sometimes you can use "Glimpse" instead a noun "Show".

Nearby Words: showy, showed, showing, showcase, shown

good	good glimpse	good show
full	full glimpse	full show
special	special glimpse	special show
best	best glimpse	best show
Other adjectives: long, better, short, fake, single, real, great, serious, little, dark, early, later, last.

MacReady, and a 10-second glimpse of a female contestant in some game show the two mechanics are watching.

Source: Sliding Scale of Gender Inequality
Eventually satirized in "The Wrong Stuff", where the viewer gets a brief glimpse of a Cobra-produced kid's cartoon show.

Source: The Complainer Is Always Wrong
While we do see a glimpse of Yoko's grandfather in the episode The Taketombo, we never actually see the other family members of Yoko in the show or even see the rest of Japan in general.

Source: Western Animation / Timothy Goes to School

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