different between examination vs watchfulness

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French examinacion, from Latin ex?min?ti?.Morphologically examine +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???zæm??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: ex?am?i?na?tion

Noun

examination (countable and uncountable, plural examinations)

1. The act of examining.
2. Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
3. A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks.
4. Interrogation.

Derived terms

Related terms

• examine

Translations

Anagrams

• exanimation

English

Etymology

watchful +? -ness

Noun

watchfulness (countable and uncountable, plural watchfulnesses)

1. The state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness.

   Continuous watchfulness is maintained around the clock.

   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, Preface,^[1]

     The first thing to be undertaken in this weighty work, is a watchfulness over the failings and an inlargement of the dominion, of the Senses.

   • 1784, Samuel Johnson, letter addressed to Mr. Langton dated 25 August, 1784, cited in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, Volume 2, p. 545,^[2]

     Nights of watchfulness produce torpid days […]

   • 1896, H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau, New York: Stone & Kimball, Chapter 9, p. 82,^[3]

     Every dark form in the dimness had its ominous quality, its peculiar suggestion of alert watchfulness.

   • 1944, Neville Shute, Pastoral, London: Heinemann, Chapter 4,

     The steady rhythm of the engines, the fact that he had been sleeping badly, the boredom of a flight that he had done so many times before and did not want to do again, the long humiliation and unhappiness that was always in the background of his mind, all fought against his watchfulness.

Related terms

• watchful

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