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Investigation vs Reconnaissance - What's the difference?

investigation | reconnaissance |

As nouns the difference between investigation and reconnaissance

is that investigation is the act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist while reconnaissance is the act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.

investigation

Noun

(investigations)
  • The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.
  • reconnaissance

    Alternative forms

    * recce (abbreviation) * recon (abbreviation)

    Noun

  • The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
  • * 1973 , Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
  • The third member, Sergeant Pieter Rousseau, had been with the back-up teams at the Hub; he was an expert on space reconnaissance instrumentation, but on this trip he would have to depend on his own eyes and a small portable telescope.