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icon vs scan

scan vs icon

icon and scan both are nouns.

icon is not a verb while scan is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
icon Yes No No No
scan Yes No Yes No
As nouns, scan is a hyponym of icon; that is, scan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than icon:
  • icon: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
  • scan: an image produced by scanning
icon (noun) scan (noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church an image produced by scanning
(computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
icon (verb) scan (verb)
obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
read metrically
make a wide, sweeping search of
move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
examine hastily
examine minutely or intensely
conform to a metrical pattern
Difference between icon and scan

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