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Photocopying vs Scanning - What's the difference?

photocopying | scanning |

As nouns the difference between photocopying and scanning

is that photocopying is the process by which photocopies are made while scanning is the act of something being scanned.

As verbs the difference between photocopying and scanning

is that photocopying is present participle of photocopy while scanning is present participle of lang=en.

photocopying

English

Noun

(-)
  • The process by which photocopies are made.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • 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.