Examination vs Inspection - What's the difference?
examination | inspection | Synonyms |
The act of examining.
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A formal test involving answering written or oral questions with no or limited access to text books or the like.
Act of examining something, often closely.
Organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
Inspection is a synonym of examination.
As nouns the difference between examination and inspection
is that examination is the act of examining while inspection is act of examining something, often closely.examination
English
(wikipedia examination)Noun
(en noun)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}
Derived terms
* * bar examination * clinical examination * cross-examination * cross examination * direct examination * exam * examination-in-chief * final examination * physical examination * re-examination * self-examinationinspection
English
Alternative forms
* enspection * (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!
- The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.