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Glimpse vs Hidebehind - What's the difference?

glimpse | hidebehind |

As nouns the difference between glimpse and hidebehind

is that glimpse is a brief look, glance, or peek while hidebehind is a creature in United States folklore that may be glimpsed but never seen clearly.

As a verb glimpse

is to see or view briefly or incompletely.

glimpse

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A brief look, glance, or peek.
  • :
  • *(Samuel Rogers) (1763-1855)
  • *:Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen.
  • *
  • *:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
  • A sudden flash.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:Light as the lightning glimpse they ran.
  • A faint idea; an inkling.

    • Verb

    (glimps)
  • To see or view briefly or incompletely.
    • I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem.
  • To appear by glimpses.
    • (Drayton)

    Synonyms

    * perceive, notice, detect, spot, catch sight of

    hidebehind

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia hidebehind)
  • A creature in United States folklore that may be glimpsed but never seen clearly.
  • * 1939 , Henry Harrington Tryon, Fearsome critters
    • The Hidebehind is never found in the open. He always conceals himself behind a tree trunk.
  • * 1984 , John Wood Campbell (ed.), Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact
    • She meets sirens and sea serpents and hidebehinds , wicked kings and repulsive recluses, capitalist magicians and seven-league boots and magic pomegranates.