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Recording vs Surveillance - What's the difference?

recording | surveillance |

As nouns the difference between recording and surveillance

is that recording is a reproduction of sound and/or video, stored in a permanent medium while surveillance is close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.

As a verb recording

is .

recording

English

Verb

(head)
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  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}

    Noun

    (wikipedia recording) (en noun)
  • A reproduction of sound and/or video, stored in a permanent medium.
  • I made a recording of the show.

    Anagrams

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    surveillance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
  • Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
  • (military, espionage) Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14
  • , author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins , title=We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , volume=188, issue=2, page=23 , date=2012-12-21 , magazine= citation , passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance , intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.}}
  • (legal) In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
  • Derived terms

    * uberveillance

    See also

    * wiretapping * shadowing * tailing * lookout (act) * sousveillance English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----