regard vs scan

regard

verb
  • To look at; to observe. 

  • To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc. 

  • To have to do with, to concern. 

  • To face toward. 

noun
  • A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense. 

  • The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held. 

  • A steady look, a gaze. 

  • Slang for retard, a very bad stock trader. 

  • One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference. 

scan

verb
  • To look about for; to look over quickly. 

  • To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. 

  • To read with an electronic device. 

  • To conform to a metrical structure. 

  • To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize. 

  • To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something. 

  • To read or mark so as to show a specific metre. 

  • To create an image of something with the use of a scanner. 

noun
  • Close investigation. 

  • An instance of scanning. 

  • The result or output of a scanning process. 

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