camcorder vs scanner

camcorder

noun
  • A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit. 

verb
  • To record using a camcorder. 

scanner

noun
  • A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. 

  • One who scans. 

  • A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal. 

  • A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes. 

  • A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode). 

How often have the words camcorder and scanner occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )