stare壹般指壹種帶有強烈的情感的，就是瞪、瞪著。
下面是以上兩個詞在 牛津現代英漢雙解詞典 的部分釋義：
gaze /ge?z; ˇez/
壹、v.（動詞）
1. [I, Ipr]產
（look long and steadily (at sb./sth.), usually in surprise or admiration）
久久地凝視, 註視（通常指因驚訝或贊賞）
例子：
She gazed at me in disbelief when I told her the news.
我告訴她這消息時, 她以懷疑的目光註視著我.
He just sat gazing into space/gazing through the window.
他只是坐著茫然地望著[呆呆地望著窗外].
2. [Ipr]
~ on/upon sb/sth，look at sb/sth
看某人[某事物]
例子：
She was the most beautiful woman he had ever gazed upon.
她是他所見過的最美麗的女子.
二、n. 名詞
（long steady look）凝視; 端詳
例子：
Under his intense gaze she felt uncomfortable.
他目不轉睛地看著她, 使她覺得很不自在。
stare /ste?(r); st?r/
壹、動詞
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (at sb/sth) look (at sb/sth) with the eyes wide open in a fixed gaze (in astonishment, wonder, fear, etc)
（對某人[某物]）瞪著眼睛凝視, 盯著看
例子：
It's rude to stare. 盯著人看是沒有禮貌的。
They all stared in/with amazement.
他們都驚訝得瞪大了眼睛。
Do you like being stared at?
妳願意人家盯著妳看嗎?
She was staring into the distance/into space.
她凝視著遠方.
He was staring out over the fields.
他目不轉睛地看著外面的田野.
2. [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (at sb/sth) (of the eyes) be wide open with a fixed gaze
（指眼睛）睜大註視
例子：
He gazed at the scene with staring eyes.
他瞪大眼睛註視著這場面.
3. [Tn.pr]
~ sb into sth bring or force sb into a specified condition by staring
瞪著某人使其做出某種反應
例子：
She stared him into silence.
她把他盯得不吭聲了.
4.(idm 習語)
be staring sb in the `face be directly in front of sb; be obvious, easy or clear
就在某人眼前; 十分明顯、容易或清楚
例子：
The book I was looking for was staring me in the face.
我找的書其實就在我面前.
Defeat was staring them in the face, ie seemed certain.
他們眼看著就要失敗了.
The answer to his problem was staring him in the face.
他那個問題的答案是明擺著的.
5. (phr v)
stare sb down/out stare at sb until he feels forced to lower his eyes or turn away
逼視某人直至他不敢對視下去; 以目光鎮懾某人
例子：
The two children were having a competition to see who could stare the other out.
兩個孩子在較量, 看誰能把對方瞪得受不了.
二、名詞
long fixed gaze; staring look
凝視; 註視;瞪; 盯
例子：
give sb a rude stare
不禮貌地瞪某人壹眼
We received a number of curious stares from passers-by.
過路人向我們投來好奇的目光。