Scam vs Scan - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between scam and scan

is that scam is fraudulent deal while scan is an instance of scanning.

is that scam is to defraud or embezzle while scan is to examine sequentially, part by part.

(wikipedia scam) (en noun)

Fraudulent deal.

That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me .

* con game * confidence trick * See also

(scamm)

To defraud or embezzle.

They tried to scam her out of her savings.

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(scann)

To examine sequentially, part by part.

(computing) To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.

To look about for.

He scanned the horizon.

(poetry) To fit or conform to a specific meter.

(obsolete) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

(en noun)

An instance of scanning.

The operators vacated the room during the scan .

The result or output of a scanning process.

The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.

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