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Chronograph vs Timer - What's the difference?

chronograph | timer |

As nouns the difference between chronograph and timer

is that chronograph is (obsolete) a chronogram while timer is someone or something which times.

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

    timer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something which times.
  • A device used to measure amounts of time.
  • Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.

    • Derived terms

    * egg timer, egg-timer

    See also

    * programmable

    Anagrams

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