Examine vs Inspection - What's the difference?
examine | inspection |
To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
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To check the health or condition of something or someone.
To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.
To interrogate.
Act of examining something, often closely.
Organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
As a verb examine
is .As a noun inspection is
act of examining something, often closely.examine
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Alternative forms
* examin (obsolete)Verb
(examin)- He examined the crime scene for clues.
- She examined the hair sample under a microscope.
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
- The doctor examined the patient.
- The witness was examined under oath.
Synonyms
* (l), (l)Derived terms
* cross-examine, cross examine * examinable * examinee * examiner * examinership * examiningly * re-examineinspection
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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.
