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Lookover vs Inspect - What's the difference?

lookover | inspect |

As a noun lookover

is a brief visual inspection.

As a verb inspect is

to examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.

lookover

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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 citation
    • , 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. }}

    inspect

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enspect

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
  • To view and examine officially.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}

    Derived terms

    * inspector * inspection

    Anagrams

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