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Scanner vs Scanger - What's the difference?

scanner | scanger |

As nouns the difference between scanner and scanger

is that scanner is a device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium while scanger is a person who is associated with petty criminality and who is seen as strongly identified with brand names in music, clothing, sport, vehicles, and so forth.

scanner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
    • He put the picture in the scanner , then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.
  • A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
  • A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
  • A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).
  • One who scans.

    • Derived terms

    * * full body scanner * millimeter wave scanner * X-ray scanner

    Descendants

    * German: (l)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    scanger

    English

    Alternative forms

    * skanger

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Ireland, pejorative) A person who is associated with petty criminality and who is seen as strongly identified with brand names in music, clothing, sport, vehicles, and so forth.

    • Alternative forms

    * skanger

    Synonyms

    * chav * charva * charver * skobie, scobe * gurrier * ned (in Scotland) * pikey (in England) * scag, skag * skeet * shams * spide * waa * zook

    References