Watching vs Scrutiny - What's the difference?
watching | scrutiny | Related terms |
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= The act of one who watches.
* 1819 , John Edwards Caldwell, Christian Herald and Seaman's Magazine (volume 6, page 225)
Intense study of someone or something.
* Milton
Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
(obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.
Watching is a related term of scrutiny.
As verbs the difference between watching and scrutiny
is that watching is while scrutiny is (obsolete|rare) to scrutinize.As nouns the difference between watching and scrutiny
is that watching is the act of one who watches while scrutiny is intense study of someone or something.watching
English
Verb
(head)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
Noun
(en noun)- What toils and pains; what cares and watchings ; how many reproofs, restraints, and corrections; how many prayers, and sighs, and tears, are employed and suffered, before this hard task can be accomplished?
Derived terms
* whale watchingscrutiny
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(scrutinies)- Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view / And narrower scrutiny .
