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Examin vs Inspect - What's the difference?

examin | inspect |

As verbs the difference between examin and inspect

is that examin is while inspect is to examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.

examin

English

Verb

(examin)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1658 , author=Sidrach Simpson , title=Two Books of Mr Syndrach Simpson citation , page=202 , passage=It is lawful to examin' what is the e??ential nature of God. It is lawful to look into what God wil do, that we may ?ee his attributes ?hining forth in them : But to ' examin the truth of what he hath promi?ed, by that which is e??ential and natural unto God, is for a man to go out of the way that is ?aving.}}

    inspect

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enspect

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
  • To view and examine officially.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}

    Derived terms

    * inspector * inspection

    Anagrams

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