Quest and Scan

Quest

Quest noun - An act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something.

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Scan and quest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scan" instead the word "Quest" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: question, quested, questing

Scan noun - A close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition.

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Quest and scan are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quest" instead the word "Scan" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: scanned, scanning, scanner

similar	similar quest	similar scan
typical	typical quest	typical scan
specific	specific quest	specific scan
brief	brief quest	brief scan
Other adjectives: original, initial, proper, single, actual, little, infamous, urgent, new, early, later, next, previous.

In Mass Effect, there's a side quest where you scan the Keepers, mysterious insectoid creatures that maintain the space station.

Source: Now You Tell Me
Expanding your scans will grant you the Monster Compendium, available after completing a side quest requiring you scan 30 hostiles.

Source: Video Game / Arc Rise Fantasia
In most levels of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, the "bounty-hunting" function, which lets the player ID-scan mooks and civilians to root out ones with prices on their heads, is a simple side-quest that the player can pursue for 100% Completion.

Source: Sliding Scale of Gameplay and Story Integration aka: Gameplay And Story Integration

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