different between convoy vs watch

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French convoier, another form of conveier, from Medieval Latin convio (“to accompany on the way”), from Latin com- (“together”) + via (“way”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n.v??/

Noun

convoy (plural convoys)

1. (nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
2. A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
3. The act of convoying; protection.

Related terms

• convey

Translations

Verb

convoy (third-person singular simple present convoys, present participle convoying, simple past and past participle convoyed)

1. (transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.

   A frigate convoys a merchantman.

   • I know ye skilful to convoy
     The total freight of hope and joy.

Translations

Further reading

• convoy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• convoy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• convoy at OneLook Dictionary Search

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English convoy, itself from French convoi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?komboi/, [?kõm.boi?]
• Rhymes: -oi

Noun

convoy m (plural convoyes)

1. convoy

References

• “convoy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /w?t??/, /w?t??/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /w?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Etymology 1

As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæ??e. See below for verb form.

Noun

watch (plural watches)

1. A portable or wearable timepiece.

2. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
   • 1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses

     All the long night their mournful watch they keep.

3. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
4. A person or group of people who guard.
5. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
6. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
7. (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. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
   • 2016, Andrew Bullock, David Brent REVIEW: Life on the Road goes from painfully funny to just plain painful. Ouch (in Sunday Express, 11 August)

     The first third of the film is laugh after laugh; […] But half an hour in and this movie gets unnervingly dark and is an uncomfortable watch at times.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæ??an, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjan?.

Verb

watch (third-person singular simple present watches, present participle watching, simple past and past participle watched)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
2. (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.

3. (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
4. (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.

5. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.

6. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
7. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.

8. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
9. (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
10. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X:

      So on the morne Sir Trystram, Sir Gareth and Sir Dynadan arose early and went unto Sir Palomydes chambir, and there they founde hym faste aslepe, for he had all nyght wacched […]

11. (transitive, obsolete) To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
    • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 80:

      [S]he had reason to dread that her husband had formed a very criminal project of being revenged on Zeluco, and watched an opportunity of putting it in execution.

Usage notes

• When used transitively to mean look at something, there is an implication that the direct object is something which is capable of changing.

Antonyms

• ignore

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• wait
• wake