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Scan vs Photograph - What's the difference?

scan | photograph |

As nouns the difference between scan and photograph

is that scan is an instance of scanning while photograph is ("photographer").

As a verb scan

is to examine sequentially, part by part.

scan

English

Verb

(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.

    • Noun

    (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.

    See also

    * pan and scan * scanlate * scanlation * scanlator * scanner

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * English contranyms

    photograph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs , MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}

    Derived terms

    * photo * photographic * photography * photographer

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take a photograph of.
  • * Hamerton
    • He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.
  • * Lady D. Hardy
    • He is photographed on my mind.
  • To take photographs.
  • To appear in a photograph.
    • She photographs well. The camera ''loves'' her.