Scour and Scan

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Scour verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

Usage example: the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic

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Scan is a synonym for scour. In some cases you can use "Scan" instead a verb "Scour".

Nearby Words: scoured, scouring, scourer

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

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Scour is a synonym for scan in study topic. Sometimes you can use "Scour" instead a verb "Scan", if it concerns topics such as survey, look over.

Nearby Words: scanned, scanning, scanner

state	scour state	scan state
area	scour area	scan area
place	scour place	scan place
level	scour level	scan level
Other words: countryside, card, planet, planets.

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