different between examining vs inspection

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???zæm?n??/
• Hyphenation: ex?am?in?ing

Verb

examining

1. present participle of examine

Derived terms

• examining room

Noun

examining (plural examinings)

1. examination
   • 1866, Thomas Belknap, testimony, in Gillian & Gillian v. Clark, Supreme Court, County of New York (page 111)

     The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper.

English

Alternative forms

• inspexion (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin ?nspecti? (“examination, inspection”), from the verb ?nspici? (“I inspect”), from speci? (“I look at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?sp?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

inspection (countable and uncountable, plural inspections)

1. The act of examining something, often closely.

   Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!

2. An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.

   The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

Synonyms

• examination
• scrutiny

Related terms

• inspect
• inspector

Translations

Anagrams

• cispontine, inceptions

French

Etymology

From Old French inspeccion, from Latin inspecti? (“examination, inspection”), from the verb inspect? (“I inspect”), from spect? (“I observe, I watch”), frequentative of speci? (“I look at”).

Pronunciation

Noun

inspection f (plural inspections)

1. inspection (act of examining something, often closely)

Further reading

• “inspection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).