What is the difference between guard and watch?
guard | watch |
A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
(military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
(Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
* {{quote-newsgroup, group=aus.cars, author=Pendles, date=December 24, year=1996
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, passage=Another possible way is to go for a lower profile tyre (50 series). This effectively lowers the distance of the tyre wall away from the guard (not by much though and generally, the lower the profile, the wider the tyre so the tyre may stick out more as well).}}
* {{quote-newsgroup, group=aus.cars, author=Nathan, date=November 23, year=1999
, passage=The reason I'm asking - Whenever I put some weight in the back of the car (say - a passenger or two) the rear tyres can sometimes hit the guards .
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* {{quote-newsgroup, group=alt.autos, author=Confusement, date=June 12, year=2001
, passage=I had just bought myself broken headlights, a f**ked up grill, a front guard' bent into my front tyre, a leaky radiator and one *SLIGHTLY* bent chassis rail end. I turned the key on my stalled motor and she kicked over first go - if it weren't for the ' guard bent into the tyre, I could've driven home later if I wanted to.
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(basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or center.
(cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard .
(American football) Either of two offensive positions between the center and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
(sports) A player playing a position named guard.
(rail) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
(computing, programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
* Shakespeare
To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
* Shakespeare
To fasten by binding; to gird.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
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.
* , chapter=10
, title= (label) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
(label) To mind, attend, or guard.
*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
, title=, chapter=1
, passage=[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”}}
(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:
Watch is a derived term of guard.
As nouns the difference between guard and watch
is that guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something while watch is a portable or wearable timepiece.As verbs the difference between guard and watch
is that guard is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend while watch is to look at, see, or view for a period of time.guard
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Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Tyres rubbing on guards, %22guards%22+group:aus.cars
Tyres rubbing on guards, %22guards%22+group:aus.*
Position N or D, %22guards%22+group:aus.cars
Synonyms
* (part of machine blocking dangerous parts) protection * (panel of a car enclosing a wheel) fenderDerived terms
* be on one's guard * bodyguard * changing of the guard * crossing guard * guard dog * guardian * lifeguard * mudguard * off guard * on guard * rear guard * safeguard * vanguardVerb
(en verb)- For Heaven still guards the right.
- Guard the prisoner.
- Careful people guard against mistakes.
- The body of your discourse is sometime guarded with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither.
- (Ben Jonson)
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(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 [...].