Scrutiny vs Supervise - What's the difference?
scrutiny | supervise |
Intense study of someone or something.
* Milton
Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
(obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.
To direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge
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, title= (obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
* 1590 , , IV. ii. 120:
As verbs the difference between scrutiny and supervise
is that scrutiny is to scrutinize while supervise is to direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge.As a noun scrutiny
is intense study of someone or something.scrutiny
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(scrutinies)- Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view / And narrower scrutiny .
Synonyms
* examination * exploration * going-over (informal) * inquiry * inspection * investigation * perusal * probe * scan * survey * studyVerb
External links
* * * " * 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", scrûtnung * Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.). Scrutnung. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/027060supervise
English
Verb
(supervis)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
- Let me supervise the canzonet.
