Analyze vs. Scan

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To subject to analysis.

Scanverb

To read or mark so as to show a specific meter.

‘to scan verse’;

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

Scanverb

(intransitive) To conform to a metrical structure.

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

Scanverb

(transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.

‘She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for.’;

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

Scanverb

(transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly.

‘He scanned the horizon.’;

Analyzeverb

To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; to consider in detail in order to discover essential features or meaning; as, to analyze an action to ascertain its morality; to analyse a sonnet by Shakespeare; to analyse the evidence in a criminal trial; to analyse your real motives.

‘No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain.’;

Scanverb

To inspect, analyze or go over, often to find something.

‘to scan the hard drive for errors’;

Analyzeverb

make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; as, to analyse a specimen; to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyse a chemical compound.

Scanverb

To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.

Analyzeverb

subject to psychoanalytic treatment.

Scanverb

To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.

‘to scan a photograph’; ‘Pencil drawings don't scan very well.’;

Analyzeverb

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning;

‘analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare’; ‘analyze the evidence in a criminal trial’; ‘analyze your real motives’;

Scanverb

To read with an electronic device.

‘to scan a barcode; to scan a QR code’;

Analyzeverb

make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;

‘analyze a specimen’; ‘analyze a sentence’; ‘analyze a chemical compound’;

Scanverb

To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

Analyzeverb

break down into components or essential features;

‘analyze today's financial market’;

Scannoun

Close investigation.

Analyzeverb

subject to psychoanalytic treatment;

‘I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist’;

Scannoun

(computing) An instance of scanning.

‘The operators vacated the room during the scan.’;

Scannoun

(computing) The result or output of a scanning process.

‘The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.’;

Scanverb

To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

‘Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand.’;

Scanverb

Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically.

Scanverb

To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize.

‘The actions of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted.’;

Scanverb

To examine quickly, from point to point, in search of something specific; as, to scan an article for mention of a particular person.

Scanverb

To form an image or an electronic representation of, by passing a beam of light or electrons over, and detecting and recording the reflected or transmitted signal.

Scannoun

the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region;

‘he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars’;

Scannoun

an image produced by scanning;

‘he analyzed the brain scan’; ‘you could see the tumor in the CAT scan’;

Scanverb

examine minutely or intensely;

‘the surgeon scanned the X-ray’;

Scanverb

examine hastily;

‘She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi’;

Scanverb

make a wide, sweeping search of;

‘The beams scanned the night sky’;

Scanverb

conform to a metrical pattern

Scanverb

move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

Scanverb

read metrically;

‘scan verses’;

Scanverb

obtain data from magnetic tapes;

‘This dictionary can be read by the computer’;