Watch:
A small timepiece worn typically on a strap on one’s wrist. The various types of watches are: Sports watches, Luxury watches, Diamond watches, Quartz watches, Mechanical watches and Water resistant watches. Watches evolved in the 17th century.
Clock:
A mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes and sometimes seconds by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures is clock. It is one of the oldest human inventions. The types of clocks are: Analog clocks, Digital clocks, Electronic World clocks, Auditory clocks, Tactile clocks and Multi Display clocks.
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| Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com) |
Look at or observe attentively over a period of time | A mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures |
| Objectives/Purpose | The primary purpose of a clock is to display the time. | |
| Synonyms | Inspect, lookout, vigil, observation, follow, lookout and attend | Record, timer, measure, hourglass, alarm, timekeeper |
| Antonyms | Glance, neglect, abandon, abase, violate, depart | Arrive, come on, come along, arrear and come around |
| Part of Speech | Verb | Noun |
| Types | Its types are: Wrist watch, Ring watch and Pendant watch. | Its types are: Analog clocks, Digital clocks, World clocks, Projection clocks, Tactile clocks, Multi-display clocks and Auditory clocks. |
| History | Most of the 500 year history of watches consisted of the development of the mechanical watch. Watches evolved from portable spring driven clocks, which first appeared in 15th-century Europe. | Sundials were widely used in ancient times. With the knowledge of latitude, a well-constructed sundial can measure local solar time with reasonable accuracy, within a minute or two. Sundials continued to be used to monitor the performance of clocks until the modern era |
| Word origin | It was originated from Old English wæcce ‘watchfulness’, wæccende ‘remaining awake’; related to wake. The sense ‘small timepiece’ probably developed by way of a sense ‘alarm device attached to a clock’. | It was originated Late Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch klocke, based on medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’. |
| Size | It is smaller than clock. | It is big in size. |
| Portable | Watch is portable. | Clock is not portable. |
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The advantages of clock are: it helps in managing ones time, time is very precious and clock is instrument that keeps, indicates and coordinates time. |
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