Vigilant vs Beware - What's the difference?
vigilant | beware |
Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
(defective, ambitransitive) To use caution, pay attention (to) (if intransitive, construed with of ).
* Bible, Exodus xxiii. 20, 21
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As an adjective vigilant
is watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary.As a verb beware is
(defective|ambitransitive) to use caution, pay attention (to) (if intransitive, construed with of ).vigilant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Be vigilant for signs of disease in your garden.
Synonyms
* watchful, alert, wary, aware, on the qui viveDerived terms
* vigilantlybeware
English
Verb
- Behold, I send an Angel before thee. Beware of him, and obey his voice.
- Beware the Ides of March.