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time period vs watch

watch vs time period

time period and watch both are nouns.

time period is not a verb while watch is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
time period Yes No No No
watch Yes No Yes No
As nouns, watch is a hyponym of time period; that is, watch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than time period:
  • time period: an amount of time
  • watch: the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
Other hyponyms of time period include test period, trial period, time frame, grace, grace period, hours, downtime, uptime, work time, time off, bout, hospitalization, travel time, times, time, elapsed time, continuance, duration, calendar week, week, midweek, field day, life-time, life, lifespan, lifetime, life, life, millenary, millennium, bimillenary, bimillennium, occupation, past, shelf life, puerperium, lactation, time of life, calendar day, civil day, festival, day, daylight, daytime, forenoon, morn, morning, morning time, dark, night, nighttime, night, night, night, eve, evening, hebdomad, week, fortnight, two weeks, weekend, Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer, year, school, school day, schooltime, twelvemonth, year, yr, year, semester, bimester, Olympiad, lustrum, decade, decennary, decennium, century, quadrennium, quinquennium, half-century, quarter-century, quarter, phase of the moon, day, calendar month, month, mid-January, mid-February, mid-March, mid-April, mid-May, mid-June, mid-July, mid-August, mid-September, mid-October, mid-November, mid-December, time limit, term, trimester, hour, silly season, Golden Age, silver age, bronze age, iron age, great year, Platonic year, regulation time, extra time, overtime, season, time of year, canicular days, canicule, dog days, midwinter, season, season, age, long time, years, long haul, long run, drought, drouth, epoch, era, generation, prehistoric culture, prehistory, reign, run, early days, youth, dawn, evening, time, nap, sleep, lease, term of a contract, half-life, half life, lunar time period, tide, phase, stage, multistage, peacetime, wartime, duty tour, enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty, honeymoon, indiction, prohibition, prohibition era, incubation period, rainy day, noviciate, novitiate, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime, running time, clotting time, air alert, question time, real time, real time, study hall, usance, window, mornight.
time period (noun) watch (noun)
an amount of time a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
a small portable timepiece
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
time period (verb) watch (verb)
find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
look attentively
be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
observe without intervening
observe or determine by looking
see or watch
follow with the eyes or the mind
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