Scan vs Probe - What's the difference?
scan | probe |
To examine sequentially, part by part.
(computing) To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
To look about for.
(poetry) To fit or conform to a specific meter.
(obsolete) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
An instance of scanning.
The result or output of a scanning process.
(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
(figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.
(aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.
(astronautics) A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
(game of go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy
(intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question
* Hallam
To insert a probe into.
As verbs the difference between scan and probe
is that scan is to examine sequentially, part by part while probe is .As a noun scan
is an instance of scanning.scan
English
Verb
(scann)- He scanned the horizon.
Noun
(en noun)- The operators vacated the room during the scan .
- The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.
See also
* pan and scan * scanlate * scanlation * scanlator * scannerExternal links
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* English contranymsprobe
English
Noun
(en noun)- They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.
- Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.
Synonyms
* (game of go ) yosu-miruDerived terms
* probe-and-drogueVerb
(prob)- If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
- the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown
