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Supervisory vs Monitoring - What's the difference?

supervisory | monitoring |

As an adjective supervisory

is of, pertaining to, or in the capacity of a supervisor.

As a verb monitoring is

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As a noun monitoring is

the act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording the emissions of one's own or allied forces for the purpose of maintaining and improving procedural standards and security, or for reference, as applicable.

supervisory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or in the capacity of a supervisor

    • Derived terms

    *supervisory analyst *supervisory board *supervisory circuit *supervisory computer *supervisory control *supervisory merger *supervisory program *supervisory routine *supervisory signal *supervisory system

    monitoring

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording the emissions of one's own or allied forces for the purpose of maintaining and improving procedural standards and security, or for reference, as applicable.
  • The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording of enemy emissions for intelligence purposes.
  • The act of detecting the presence of signals, such as electromagnetic radiation, sound, or visual signals, and the measurement thereof with appropriate measuring instruments.
  • The act of detecting the presence of radiation and the measurement thereof with radiation measuring instruments.