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What is the difference between warning and alert?

warning | alert |

As verbs the difference between warning and alert

is that warning is present participle of lang=en while alert is to give warning to.

As nouns the difference between warning and alert

is that warning is the action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone while alert is an alarm.

As an interjection warning

is used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

As an adjective alert is

attentive; awake; on guard.

As a proper noun Alert is

the northernmost inhabited place in Nunavut, Canada.

warning

English

Verb

(head)
  • *
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
  • Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.}}

    Derived terms

    * warning sign

    Interjection

    warning!
  • Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

    • alert

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attentive; awake; on guard.
  • (obsolete) Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
  • * Addison
    • an alert young fellow

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alarm.
  • A notification of higher importance than an advisory.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give warning to.

    • Anagrams

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