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Scan vs Scad - What's the difference?

scan | scad |

As nouns the difference between scan and scad

is that scan is an instance of scanning while scad is any of several fish, of the family carangidae, from the western atlantic.

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

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    * English contranyms

    scad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
  • A large number or quantity (usually used in the plural).
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