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Screening vs Examining - What's the difference?

screening | examining |

As nouns the difference between screening and examining

is that screening is (uncountable) mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door") while examining is examination.

As verbs the difference between screening and examining

is that screening is while examining is .

screening

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
    • I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts.
  • The process of checking or filtering.
    • The airports are slow now because the pre-boarding screening is so inefficient.
  • The showing of a film
  • The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
  • (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
  • (soccer) shielding

    • Verb

    (head)

    • examining

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * examining room

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • examination
  • * Francis A. Corliss, Supreme Court, County of New York (page 111)
    • The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper.