What's the difference between browse and scan?

Browse


Definition:

  • (n.) The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.
  • (n.) To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.
  • (n.) To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
  • (v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.
  • (v. i.) To pasture; to feed; to nibble.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The latest annual report from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has revealed that there was 582,727 requests for phone, web browsing and location data – commonly known as “metadata” – that can reveal detailed information about a person’s personal lives and associations.
  • (2) They spend more time playing games (14 minutes), listening to music (16 minutes), using social media (17 minutes) and browsing online (25 minutes).
  • (3) There is serious fun to be had browsing its huge bottled beer menu, which runs the gamut of new wave UK breweries, including Kernel, Wild Beer, Hardknott, Camden, and their US inspirations, such as Left Hand and Magic Hat.
  • (4) Google: £14.4m In August, the search engine's parent company agreed to pay the US Federal Trade Commission $22.5m after admitting it monitored the browsing activity of Safari users who had selected the "do not track" privacy setting.
  • (5) Only Orange's pay monthly deals come with Wi-Fi access and they only include a paltry 750MB of Wi-Fi browsing – again through BT Openzone's network of hotspots.
  • (6) Delivered straight to your device Enjoy the full range of Guardian content, beautifully designed for Windows 10 phones, tablets, and desktops Read offline, wherever you are Browse award-winning audio, video and interactive content, as well as full-screen galleries Ask Cortan to open the Guardian app directly to your favourite section or topic Download now from the Windows store Download now -> Windows app FAQs
  • (7) One tool prepares publication-quality pictorial representations of alignments, while another facilitates interactive browsing of pairwise alignment data.
  • (8) Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) said BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) had successfully completed "part of the regulatory requirements" over the weekend, allowing a temporary reprieve to the ongoing threat of a blockage to services including email and web browsing on the company's handsets.
  • (9) No relation to Ann Widdecombe 1 Advent calendar Receiving it on Christmas Day makes me 100% confident I won't be facing the disappointment of finishing it too early 2 Nog I don't like eggs but I love a bit of eggnog, think how good nog would be without the eggs holding it back 3 WH Smith's voucher Keep in my wallet for guilt free hours of magazine browsing all year round 4 Quality Street Always have a present you can instantly re-wrap and give to someone else 5 Bath bomb Take cover!
  • (10) President Donald Trump was expected to sign legislation on Wednesday allowing internet service providers to sell the browsing habits of their customers.
  • (11) By far the most popular activity during the 119 minutes a day given over to the small screen is web browsing, which accounts for 24 minutes.
  • (12) The online auction service has been redesigned with a focus on bigger images and a touchscreen interface, making it the perfect way to browse from the sofa.
  • (13) Technical copies When internet users browse the web, their computer makes a copy of the webpage they are visiting in order to display it on the screen.
  • (14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Museum of the World microsite enables users to browse exhibits according to age and area of origin.
  • (15) In a submission in advance of the hearing, the commissioner, Christopher Graham, said there are serious issues to be tried about whether the data generated by web browsing is personal and whether personal damage can include non-monetary harm.
  • (16) I saw a large group of middle-aged people browsing sheets of paper pinned to camellia bushes spouting vivid pink blooms.
  • (17) Oh, the stories were just better with that lot – like the time Harris was browsing some old photos, saw himself standing beside a Rolls-Royce, and started ringing round his ex-wives to find out if he had ever owned such a car.
  • (18) Google is facing a preliminary anti-monopoly probe by the European Commission into its dominant position in online browsing and digital advertising following allegations that it demotes competing websites to the lower echelons of customers' search results.
  • (19) Jorn Lyssegen, chief executive of Meltwater, said he was "very pleased that the supreme court over-ruled the previous rulings by the court of appeals and the high court that the simple act of browsing the internet could be copyright infringement".
  • (20) And if you're looking for iOS apps, browse the archives of Best iPhone and iPad apps roundups instead.

Scan


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By presenting the case history of a man who successively developed facial and trigeminal neural dysfunction after Mohs chemosurgery of a PCSCC, this paper documents histologically the occurrence of such neural invasion, and illustrates the utility of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance scanning in patient management.
  • (2) By electrophoresis and scanning densitometry, actin was found to constitute about 4% to 6% of the total cellular protein in the human corneal epithelium.
  • (3) Clinical surveillance, repeated laboratory tests, conventional radiology, and especially ultrasonography and CT scan all contributed to the preoperative diagnosis.
  • (4) Tumor shrinkage was documented by A-scan ultrasonography in all but one patient.
  • (5) In choosing between various scanning techniques the factors to be considered include availability, cost, the type of equipment, the expertise of the medical and technical staff, and the inherent capabilities of the system.
  • (6) The method is based on two-dimensional scanning photon absorptiometry on the distal part of the forearm.
  • (7) The results also indicate that small lesions initially noted only on CT scans of the chest in children with Wilms' tumor frequently represent metastatic tumor.
  • (8) CT scan revealed a small calcified mass in the right maxillary sinus.
  • (9) Transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that these blebs were devoid of organelles and microvilli; scanning electron microscopy revealed that the blebs were highly wrinkled and more numerous than were the projections observed in tissue from animals treated with testosterone alone, or in tissue from unoperated controls.
  • (10) We conclude that inflammatory lesions at these sites are not uncommon and that CT scans are diagnostic in the great majority.
  • (11) The skull films and CT scans of 1383 patients with acute head injury transferred to a regional neurosurgical unit were reviewed.
  • (12) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
  • (13) In scanning of more than 20 Hz frequency, the spectral pattern also reflected the characteristics of the cone system.
  • (14) 3 patients had complete disappearance of the symptoms but did not have a computed tomography scanning control, 3 patients had clinical and CT recovery.
  • (15) The remaining 16 patients were explored for persistent symptoms, an abnormality on GI series, or a mass lesion on CT scan.
  • (16) After permeabilization, with attendant partial extraction, the preparation can be fixed, then viewed by either deep-etch replication, or by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy, with structure of interest revealed in deep view.
  • (17) A television camera scans the spread through microscope optics; computer and special purpose electronics process the video signals to generate run length histograms.
  • (18) Subgingival plaque was sampled and the presence or absence of the above mentioned bacteria assessed with BANA reagent cards (Perio Scan).
  • (19) Ventilation-perfusion lung scans and contrast ascending venography were performed on the sixth to eighth postoperative days.
  • (20) It is often necessary to estimate the dose of radiation to a fetus from a series of CT scans.

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