Alert vs Watchful - What's the difference?
alert | watchful |
Attentive; awake; on guard.
(obsolete) Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
* Addison
Watchful is a synonym of alert.
As adjectives the difference between alert and watchful
is that alert is attentive; awake; on guard while watchful is observant, vigilant and aware.As a noun alert
is an alarm.As a verb alert
is to give warning to.As a proper noun Alert
is the northernmost inhabited place in Nunavut, Canada.alert
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an alert young fellow