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Endoscope vs Borescope - What's the difference?

endoscope | borescope |

As nouns the difference between endoscope and borescope

is that endoscope is an instrument used to examine a bodily orifice or canal, or a hollow organ while borescope is an optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or eyepiece in the opposite end of the tube.

endoscope

English

(wikipedia endoscope)

Noun

(en noun)
  • an instrument used to examine a bodily orifice or canal, or a hollow organ

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * endoscopy

    borescope

    English

    (wikipedia borescope)

    Alternative forms

    * boroscope

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or eyepiece in the opposite end of the tube.

    • See also

    * endoscope * periscope