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Detection vs Screening - What's the difference?

detection | screening |

As nouns the difference between detection and screening

is that detection is detection while screening is (uncountable) mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").

As a verb screening is

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detection

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of detecting or sensing something; discovering something that was hidden or disguised.
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  • The finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like, mostly by means of a specific device or method.

    • screening

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
    • I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts.
  • The process of checking or filtering.
    • The airports are slow now because the pre-boarding screening is so inefficient.
  • The showing of a film
  • The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
  • (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
  • (soccer) shielding

    • Verb

    (head)