Espy vs Peek - What's the difference?
espy | peek |
To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.
To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.
* Jeremy Taylor
To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.
* Bible, Jer. xlviii. 19
To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
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(computing) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
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As verbs the difference between espy and peek
is that espy is to catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd while peek is to look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.As an acronym PEEK is
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Verb
- He sends angels to espy us in all our ways.
- Stand by the way, and espy .
Anagrams
* * *peek
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Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) *, probably a fusion of peep and keek.Verb
(en verb)- A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband.
- Her brown skin peeked through the empty gap in her clothing.
- We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location.