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Scanner vs Xerox - What's the difference?

scanner | xerox |

As nouns the difference between scanner and xerox

is that scanner is while xerox is .

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

    * ----

    xerox

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Xerox

    Noun

    (es)
  • (slang, North America) A photocopy.
  • Hand me that xerox , would you?

    Synonyms

    * photocopy

    Derived terms

    * xerocracy * xeroxable * xerox copy * xeroxer * xeroxlore

    Verb

    (es)
  • (slang, North America) To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.
  • I xeroxed the report for all the people at the meeting.

    Synonyms

    * (make a paper copy) copy, photocopy