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Stopwatch vs Chronograph - What's the difference?

stopwatch | chronograph |

As nouns the difference between stopwatch and chronograph

is that stopwatch is a timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed from a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated while chronograph is a chronogram.

stopwatch

English

(wikipedia stopwatch)

Noun

  • A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed from a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.

    • chronograph

    English

    (wikipedia chronograph)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A chronogram.
  • A device which marks or records time or time intervals
  • A combination of watch and stopwatch

    • Related terms

    * chronographic