Investigation vs Reconnaissance - What's the difference?
investigation | reconnaissance |
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.
The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
* 1973 , Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
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
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(wikipedia investigation)Noun
(investigations)reconnaissance
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(wikipedia reconnaissance)Alternative forms
* recce (abbreviation) * recon (abbreviation)Noun
- 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.