different between surveillance vs screening

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French surveillance (“a watching over, overseeing, supervision”), from surveiller (“to watch, oversee”), from sur- (“over”) + veiller (“to watch”), from Middle French, from Old French veillier (“to stay awake”), from Latin vigil?re, present active infinitive of vigil? (“I am watchful”). More at vigilant.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /s???ve?.l?ns/

Noun

surveillance (countable and uncountable, plural surveillances)

1. Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
2. Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
3. (military, espionage) Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
4. (law) In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.

Derived terms

Related terms

• surveil

Translations

See also

• wiretapping
• shadowing
• tailing
• lookout (act)
• sousveillance

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French surveillance.

Pronunciation

Noun

surveillance f (plural surveillances)

1. stakeout

French

Etymology

From surveiller +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?.v?.j??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

surveillance f (plural surveillances)

1. surveillance
2. supervision

Derived terms

• Comité de surveillance des activités de renseignement de sécurité

Descendants

• ? Dutch: surveillance
• ? English: surveillance

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

screen +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?i?n??/

Noun

screening (countable and uncountable, plural screenings)

1. (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").

2. The process of checking or filtering.

3. The showing of a film
4. The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
5. (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
6. (soccer) shielding
7. (medicine) A method to identify a disease in a population which is not showing any symptoms of this disease.
8. (volleyball) Action done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing the server and the flight path of the ball.

Descendants

• ? German: Screening
• ? Spanish: screening

Translations

Verb

screening

1. present participle of screen

Anagrams

• recensing, secerning

Spanish

Etymology

From English screening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?k?inin/, [es?k?i.n?n]

Noun

screening m (uncountable)

1. screening

   Synonym: cribado