What's the difference between chronograph and watch?

Chronograph


Definition:

  • (n.) An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.
  • (n.) Same as Chronogram, 1.
  • (n.) A chronoscope.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) From these results, it is suggested that (1) the preparatory set should be classified into two categories, i.e., task-related "topographical set" and timing-related "chronographic set", and (2) visual information about the process of stimulus presentation can modulate the reflex activity of stretched muscle allowing the required task to be executed efficiently by accurately anticipating the stretch stimulus onset.
  • (2) First, using chronographic potentiometry in CD measurements of VLDL fractions of different mean particle diameters, we have analyzed statistically the CD signals in order to define the limits imposed by light scattering with respect to both particle diameter and wavelength.
  • (3) It can't access the Internet or use voice commands, leaving you with only a handful of basic chronographic functions like starting a timer or stopwatch.

Watch


Definition:

  • (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.
  • (v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
  • (v. i.) The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
  • (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.
  • (v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
  • (n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
  • (n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.
  • (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
  • (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
  • (v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
  • (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
  • (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
  • (v. t.) To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
  • (v. t.) To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They had watched him celebrate mass with three million pilgrims on the packed-out shores of Copacabana beach .
  • (2) It was like watching somebody pouring a blue liquid into a glass, it just began filling up.
  • (3) Facial expression, EEG, and self-report of subjective emotional experience were recorded while subjects individually watched both pleasant and unpleasant films.
  • (4) The government has been counting on the fact that their attacks on the NHS are too complicated to be widely understood: after all, their Health and Social Care Act was much longer than the legislation that created the NHS under Aneurin Bevan’s watch in the first place.
  • (5) "We purposely watched it that way - to magnify the experience," Kidman says.
  • (6) Milan’s 4-0 win over Steaua in the European Cup final in 1989 was a great display so I’ve made my players watch the video.
  • (7) I liked watching Morecambe & Wise, I liked the Queen's speech because it was on and everyone listened to it.
  • (8) Yet Malema's influence continues to grow and his travails are watched with interest.
  • (9) Four million viewers tune in to the show every week and two million more watch online the next day.
  • (10) Lessons have been learned from previous Games, not least London 2012, in how to best frame the sporting action for maximum impact – not only for those watching on television but those attending in person.
  • (11) I could walk around more freely than in North Korea, but it was very apparent I was being watched.” The country consistently sits at the bottom of global freedom rankings, in the company of North Korea and Eritrea.
  • (12) The UK is a country we are watching closely on these issues.
  • (13) Russia's most widely watched television station, state-controlled Channel One, followed a bulletin about his death with a summary of the crimes he is accused of committing, including the siphoning of millions of dollars from national airline Aeroflot.
  • (14) But despite gendarmes keeping watch at entrances to the village, one local police officer said there were five times more journalists than security forces.
  • (15) I watch three hours of Smiley, then I have lunch, then I write for a couple of minutes. '
  • (16) I watched as she made the briefest eye contact with me on their way back, the flicker of hurt and sadness in her eyes reflecting mine, before the shutters came down.
  • (17) He said: “Henri is someone the club has been watching for a while and he has developed into an excellent player at Bordeaux.
  • (18) KNOWLEDGE ARCHIVE "Having watched 42-year-old Kevin Poole turn out for Derby recently, I wondered 'have any grandfathers ever played league football?'
  • (19) When you score a hat trick in the first 16 minutes of a World Cup Final with tens of millions of people watching across the world, essentially ending the match and clinching the tournament before most players worked up a sweat or Japan had a chance to throw in the towel, your status as a sports legend is forever secure – and any favorable comparisons thrown your way are deserved.
  • (20) They watch the Premier League everywhere in Africa."