Filter and Scan

Filter

Filter verb - To pass through a filter.

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Scan and filter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scan" instead a verb "Filter".

Nearby Words: filtered, filtering, filtration, filterable

Scan verb - To look over closely (as for judging quality or condition).

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Filter and scan are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Filter" instead a verb "Scan".

Nearby Words: scanned, scanning, scanner

old	old filter	old scan
good	good filter	good scan
high	high filter	high scan
similar	similar filter	similar scan
Other adjectives: original, fake, popular, new, mental, digital.

way

filter way

scan way

The second Tom Baker title sequence and those of Davison and Colin Baker (the 'starfield') were generated using similar slit scan techniques and a camera filter that gave light a prismatic, rainbow look.

Source: In-Camera Effects
There's also an option to change the colour filter in the game itself to allow for scan lines, a monochrome display, and to simulate the displays of the NES, Atari 2600, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, three variations of MS-DOS, and Virtual Boy.

Source: Video Game / Retro City Rampage
What is unique in that the show's Sherlock Scan filter pops up not only when Sherlock or Joan are deducing.

Source: Series / Elementary

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Filter & Scan. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/filter/scan>.

Scan or Filter. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/filter/scan.

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