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Glancing vs Scanning - What's the difference?

glancing | scanning |

As verbs the difference between glancing and scanning

is that glancing is present participle of lang=en while scanning is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between glancing and scanning

is that glancing is a sideways look; a glance while scanning is the act of something being scanned.

As an adjective glancing

is making superficial, obtuse contact with something.

glancing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Making superficial, obtuse contact with something.
    • His fist caught a glancing blow to my jaw.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sideways look; a glance.
  • * 1856 , David Brown, Christ's second coming: will it be pre-millennial?
    • No doubt, sometimes there are comprehensive glancings at, and interminglings of different future eras of prophecy.

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    scanning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something being scanned.
  • * 1994 , IGIC, Inc. Staff, Fiber Optic Sensors (page 147)
    • In the other case the scanner performs a given number of scannings , thus giving an automatic display of the complete set of measuring points.