Batched vs Watched - What's the difference?
batched | watched |
(batch)
A bank; a sandbank.
A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
* A new batch of Lords. --Lady M. W. Montagu.
(computing) A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.
(UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
(Philippines) A graduating class.
To aggregate things together into a batch.
(computing) To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.
Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.
(informal) To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.
(watch)
A portable or wearable timepiece.
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The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
* Milton
* Addison
A particular time period when guarding is kept.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
A person or group of people who guard.
* Bible, Matthew xxvii. 65
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
* Shakespeare
(nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch'', ''port watch .
(nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
* 2004 , Charles P. Nemeth, Criminal law
(label) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
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, title= (label) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
(label) To mind, attend, or guard.
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(label) To be wary or cautious of.
(label) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
(label) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
(label) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
(label) To act as a lookout.
To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
To be awake.
* 1485 , (Thomas Malory), (w, Le Morte d'Arthur) , Book X:
As verbs the difference between batched and watched
is that batched is past tense of batch while watched is past tense of watch.batched
English
Verb
(head)batch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bache, .Alternative forms
*Noun
(batches)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(es)- We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.
- We poured a bucket of water in top, and the ice maker spit out a batch of icecubes at the bottom.
- The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.
- She was the valedictorian of Batch '73.
Synonyms
* (quantity of baked goods) recipe * (anything produced in one operation) pressing, run, lot * (group of things of the same kind) group, lotVerb
- The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.
- The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning.
Adjective
(-)- ''The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line.
Antonyms
* continuousDerived terms
* batch mode * batch processReferences
* * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988Etymology 3
from an abbreviation of the pronunciation ofVerb
(es)- I am batching next week when my wife visits her sister.
Usage notes
* Often with (it): "I usually batch it three nights a week when she calls on her out-of-town accounts." ----watched
English
Verb
(head)watch
English
(wikipedia watch)Etymology 1
As a noun, from (etyl) wacche, from (etyl) . See below for verb form.Noun
(es)- More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets.
- shepherds keeping watch by night
- All the long night their mournful watch they keep.
- The second watch of the night began at midnight.
- I did stand my watch upon the hill.
- Might we but hear / Or whistle from the lodge, or village cock / Count the night watches to his feathery dames.
- The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.
- Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch ; go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
- He upbraids Iago, that he made him / Brave me upon the watch .
- A quick watch of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange sends this reality home fast. Amoral, vacuous, cold-blooded, unsympathetic, and chillingly evil describe only parts of the story.
Derived terms
* hurricane watch * on one's watch * on the watch * pocket watch * stand watch * stopwatch * tornado watch * wristwatchEtymology 2
As a verb, from (etyl) wacchen, from (etyl) .Verb
(es)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
- So on the morne Sir Trystram, Sir Gareth and Sir Dynadan arose early and went unto Sir Palomydes chambir, and there they founde hym faste aslepe, for he had all nyght wacched [...].