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Reconnaissance vs Scanning - What's the difference?

reconnaissance | scanning |

As nouns the difference between reconnaissance and scanning

is that reconnaissance is the act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information while scanning is the act of something being scanned.

As a verb scanning is

present participle of lang=en.

reconnaissance

English

(wikipedia 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.

    Related terms

    * reconnoiter, reconnoitre ----

    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.