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Behold vs Scan - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between behold and scan

is that behold is to see, or to look at while scan is to examine sequentially, part by part.

As a noun scan is

an instance of scanning.

behold

English

Verb

  • To see, or to look at.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;

    Usage notes

    Rarely used in informal speech. The past participle beholden now has a meaning detached from the other forms of the word.

    Synonyms

    * get a load of

    Derived terms

    * beholder ** eye of the beholder

    References

    * * English irregular verbs ----

    scan

    English

    Verb

    (scann)
  • To examine sequentially, part by part.
  • (computing) To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
  • To look about for.
    • He scanned the horizon.
  • (poetry) To fit or conform to a specific meter.
  • (obsolete) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of scanning.
    • The operators vacated the room during the scan .
  • The result or output of a scanning process.
    • The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.

    See also

    * pan and scan * scanlate * scanlation * scanlator * scanner

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