Screen vs. Scan — What's the Difference?

A movable device, especially a framed construction such as a room divider or a decorative panel, designed to divide, conceal, or protect.

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

One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide

To look over quickly or read hastily

A surface, as on a smartphone, television, or computer monitor, on which one can read and view electronically displayed information and images.

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

A surface on which text and images are projected for display.

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.

The medium in which movies are shown

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

A coarse sieve used for sifting out fine particles, as of sand, gravel, or coal.

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

A system for preliminary appraisal and selection of personnel as to their suitability for particular jobs.

(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.

A window or door insertion of framed wire or plastic mesh used to keep out insects and permit air flow.

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

A body of troops or ships sent in advance of or surrounding a larger body to protect or warn of attack.

To analyze (verse) into metrical patterns.

(Sports) A block, set with the body, that impedes the vision or movement of an opponent.

To analyze verse into metrical patterns.

(Football) A screen pass.

To conform to a metrical pattern

To show or project (a movie, for example) on a screen.

The act or an instance of scanning

To conceal from view with a screen or something that acts like a screen

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

To protect, guard, or shield

An image produced by scanning.

To provide with a screen or screens

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

To separate or sift out (fine particles of sand, for example) by means of a sieve or screen.

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

To sort through and eliminate unwanted examples of (something)

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

To examine (a job applicant, for example) systematically in order to determine suitability.

To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.

To test or evaluate (a student) to determine placement in an educational system or to identify specific learning needs.

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

To test or examine for the presence of disease or infection

To read with an electronic device.

To subject to genetic screening.

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

To block the vision or movement of (an opponent) with the body.

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

To obscure an opponent's view of (a shot) by positioning oneself between the opponent and the shooter.

(intransitive) To conform to a metrical structure.

A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.

Close investigation.

A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

(computing) An instance of scanning.

A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.

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

(baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects

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

(printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.

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.

(by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening

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

(genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.

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

Various forms or formats of information display

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 viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.

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

The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.

An image produced by scanning;

One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.

Examine minutely or intensely;

(computer) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.

Examine hastily;

(figurative) A disguise; concealment.

Make a wide, sweeping search of;

Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player

Conform to a metrical pattern

(American football) screen pass

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

(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

Read metrically;

(cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.

Obtain data from magnetic tapes;

(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.

(architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.

A large scarf.

To filter by passing through a screen.

To shelter or conceal.

To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.

To present publicly (on the screen).

To fit with a screen.

(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.

(molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.

(basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.

A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.

A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.

A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.

An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.

A netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while excluding insects.

The surface of an electronic device, as a television set or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed. The screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen are also used, as in flat-panel displays.

The motion-picture industry; motion pictures.

To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.

To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.

To examine a group of objects methodically, to separate them into groups or to select one or more for some purpose.

A white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing

Something that keeps things out or hinders sight;

Display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created

A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;

Protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects)

A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

A door that is a screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open door;

Partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space

Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection;

Examine methodically;

Examine in order to test suitability;

Project onto a screen for viewing;

Prevent from entering;

Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm