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

  1. Clock as a noun:

    An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.

  2. Clock as a noun (British):

    The odometer of a motor vehicle.

    Examples:

    "This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock."

  3. Clock as a noun (electronics):

    An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.

  4. Clock as a noun:

    The seed head of a dandelion.

  5. 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."

  6. Clock as a noun (computing, informal):

    A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.

  1. Clock as a verb (transitive):

    To measure the duration of.

  2. Clock as a verb (transitive):

    To measure the speed of.

    Examples:

    "He was clocked at 155 miles per hour."

  3. Clock as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To hit (someone) heavily.

    Examples:

    "When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him."

  4. 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."

  5. 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.'"

  6. Clock as a verb (transitive, New Zealand, slang):

    To beat a video game.

    Examples:

    "Have you clocked that game yet?"

  1. Clock as a noun:

    A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Jonathan Swift"

  1. Clock as a verb (transitive):

    To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.

  1. Clock as a noun:

    A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle ().

  1. Clock as a verb (Scotland, intransitive, dated):

    To make the sound of a hen; to cluck.

  2. Clock as a verb (Scotland, intransitive, dated):

    To hatch.

  1. Watch as a noun:

    A portable or wearable timepiece.

    Examples:

    "More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets."

  2. Watch as a noun:

    The act of guarding and observing someone or something.

  3. Watch as a noun:

    A particular time period when guarding is kept.

    Examples:

    "The second watch of the night began at midnight."

  4. Watch as a noun:

    A person or group of people who guard.

    Examples:

    "The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates."

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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).

  8. Watch as a noun:

    The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

  4. Watch as a verb (transitive):

    To be wary or cautious of.

    Examples:

    "You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying."

  5. 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."

  6. Watch as a verb (intransitive):

    To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.

  7. 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."

  8. Watch as a verb (intransitive):

    To act as a lookout.

  9. Watch as a verb (nautical, of a [[buoy]]):

    To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.

  10. Watch as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To be awake.