Lookover vs Examine - What's the difference?
lookover | examine |
A brief visual inspection.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 14, author=Joe Sharkey, title=Looking You Over, With a Shameless Gaze, work=New York Times
, passage=Originally, whole-body imaging was proposed as an alternative for the relatively few passengers chosen for secondary screening, allowing them to opt for a machine lookover rather than a physical pat-down. }} 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.
As a noun lookover
is a brief visual inspection.As a verb examine is
to observe or inspect carefully or critically.lookover
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(en noun)citation
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.
