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scan vs icon

icon vs scan

scan and icon both are nouns.

scan is a verb but icon is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
scan Yes No Yes No
icon Yes No No No
As nouns, icon is a hypernym of scan; that is, icon is a word with a broader meaning than scan:
  • scan: an image produced by scanning
  • icon: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
Other hypernyms of scan include ikon, image, picture.
scan (noun) icon (noun)
the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
an image produced by scanning a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
(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
scan (verb) icon (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 scan and icon

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