Surveillance vs Heed - What's the difference?
surveillance | heed | Related terms |
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.
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(legal) In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
Careful attention.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
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(archaic) To pay attention, care.
Surveillance is a related term of heed.
As nouns the difference between surveillance and heed
is that surveillance is close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion while heed is heathen, pagan or heed can be heath.surveillance
English
(wikipedia surveillance)Noun
(en noun)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.}}
Derived terms
* uberveillanceSee also
* wiretapping * shadowing * tailing * lookout (act) * sousveillance English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----heed
English
Noun
(-)- Then for a few minutes I did not pay much heed to what was said, being terribly straitened for room, and cramped with pain from lying so long in one place.
Usage notes
* Often used with give, pay or take.Synonyms
* (careful attention) attention, notice, observation, regardVerb
(en verb)- With pleasure Argus the musician heeds .
Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
- Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.
