Analyze vs. Scan — What's the Difference?

To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.

To look at carefully or thoroughly, especially in search of something; examine

(Chemistry) To make a chemical analysis of.

To look over quickly or read hastily

(Mathematics) To make a mathematical analysis of.

(Computers)To search (stored data) automatically for specific data.

To psychoanalyze.

To direct a finely focused beam of light or electrons in a systematic pattern over (a surface) in order to reproduce or sense and subsequently transmit an image.

(transitive) To subject to analysis.

To direct a radar beam in a systematic pattern across (a sector of sky) in search of a target.

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

To encode (text, for example) in digital format by means of an optical scanner.

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

(Medicine)To direct x-rays or other energy at (a body or body part) in order to produce an image, as with a CT scanner.

(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.

To pass (luggage, for example) through a detector at a security checkpoint in order to detect weapons or banned materials.

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.

To analyze (verse) into metrical patterns.

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.

To analyze verse into metrical patterns.

Subject to psychoanalytic treatment.

To conform to a metrical pattern

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

The act or an instance of scanning

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

The action or process of scanning a body or body part.

Break down into components or essential features;

An image produced by scanning.

Subject to psychoanalytic treatment;

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

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

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

To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.

To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.

To read with an electronic device.

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

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

(intransitive) To conform to a metrical structure.

Close investigation.

(computing) An instance of scanning.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

An image produced by scanning;

Examine minutely or intensely;

Examine hastily;

Make a wide, sweeping search of;

Conform to a metrical pattern

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

Read metrically;

Obtain data from magnetic tapes;