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What is the difference between scan and wand?

scan | wand |

As verbs the difference between scan and wand

is that scan is to examine sequentially, part by part while wand is to scan (eg a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.

As nouns the difference between scan and wand

is that scan is an instance of scanning while wand is a stick or staff.

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

    wand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stick or staff.
  • (by extension) An instrument shaped like a stick or staff such as a curling wand .
  • a magic wand.
  • A branch or stalk, especially of willow.
  • A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
  • Derived terms

    * magic wand * violet wand * water wand

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.
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