clock vs alarm

clock and alarm both are nouns.

clock and alarm both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clock	Yes	No	Yes	No
alarm	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, alarm is a hyponym of clock; that is, alarm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clock:

clock: a timepiece that shows the time of day
alarm: a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

Other hyponyms of clock include alarm clock, analog clock, chronometer, cuckoo clock, digital clock, electric clock, pendulum clock, system clock, time clock, turret clock, wall clock, clepsydra, water clock, water glass, chess clock.

clock (noun)	alarm (noun)
a timepiece that shows the time of day	a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
	a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
	an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
	fear resulting from the awareness of danger

clock (verb)	alarm (verb)
measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time	warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
	fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

Difference between clock and alarm

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