The difference between Clock and Watch
When used as nouns, clock means an instrument used to measure or keep track of time, whereas watch means a portable or wearable timepiece.
When used as verbs, clock means to measure the duration of, whereas watch means to look at, see, or view for a period of time.
check bellow for the other definitions of Clock and Watch
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Clock as a noun:
An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.
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Clock as a noun (British):
The odometer of a motor vehicle.
Examples:
"This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock."
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Clock as a noun (electronics):
An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
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Clock as a noun:
The seed head of a dandelion.
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Clock as a noun:
A time clock.
Examples:
"I can't go off to lunch yet: I'm still on the clock."
"We let the guys use the shop's tools and equipment for their own projects as long as they're off the clock."
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Clock as a noun (computing, informal):
A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
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Clock as a verb (transitive):
To measure the duration of.
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Clock as a verb (transitive):
To measure the speed of.
Examples:
"He was clocked at 155 miles per hour."
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Clock as a verb (transitive, slang):
To hit (someone) heavily.
Examples:
"When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him."
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Clock as a verb (slang):
To take notice of; to realise; to recognize someone or something
Examples:
"'Clock the wheels on that car!"
"He finally clocked that there were no more cornflakes."
"A trans person may be able to easily clock other trans people."
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Clock as a verb (British, slang):
To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
Examples:
"I don't believe that car has done only 40,000 miles. It's been clocked.'"
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Clock as a verb (transitive, New Zealand, slang):
To beat a video game.
Examples:
"Have you clocked that game yet?"
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Clock as a noun:
A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
Examples:
"rfquotek Jonathan Swift"
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Clock as a verb (transitive):
To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.
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Clock as a noun:
A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle ().
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Clock as a verb (Scotland, intransitive, dated):
To make the sound of a hen; to cluck.
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Clock as a verb (Scotland, intransitive, dated):
To hatch.
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Watch as a noun:
A portable or wearable timepiece.
Examples:
"More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets."
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Watch as a noun:
The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
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Watch as a noun:
A particular time period when guarding is kept.
Examples:
"The second watch of the night began at midnight."
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Watch as a noun:
A person or group of people who guard.
Examples:
"The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates."
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Watch as a noun:
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
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Watch as a noun (nautical):
A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
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Watch as a noun (nautical):
A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
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Watch as a noun:
The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
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Watch as a verb (transitive):
To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
Examples:
"'Watching the clock will not make time go faster."
"I'm tired of watching TV."
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Watch as a verb (transitive):
To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
Examples:
"'Watch this!"
"Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens."
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Watch as a verb (transitive):
To mind, attend, or guard.
Examples:
"Please watch my suitcase for a minute."
"He has to watch the kids that afternoon."
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Watch as a verb (transitive):
To be wary or cautious of.
Examples:
"You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying."
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Watch as a verb (transitive):
To attend to dangers to or regarding.
Examples:
"'watch your head;  watch your step"
"'Watch yourself when you talk to him."
"'Watch what you say."
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Watch as a verb (intransitive):
To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
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Watch as a verb (intransitive):
To be vigilant or on one's guard.
Examples:
"For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away."
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Watch as a verb (intransitive):
To act as a lookout.
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Watch as a verb (nautical, of a [[buoy]]):
To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
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Watch as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To be awake.