different between watchdog vs bodyguard

English

Etymology

watch +? dog

Noun

watchdog (plural watchdogs)

1. a guard dog
2. An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.

Derived terms

• watchdog timer

Translations

Verb

watchdog (third-person singular simple present watchdogs, present participle watchdogging, simple past and past participle watchdogged)

1. To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
2. (electronics) To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.

Translations

Anagrams

• dog watch, dogwatch

English

Etymology

body +? guard

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?di???d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??di????d/

Noun

bodyguard (plural bodyguards)

1. A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.

Translations

Verb

bodyguard (third-person singular simple present bodyguards, present participle bodyguarding, simple past and past participle bodyguarded)

1. (transitive) To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.
   • 2005, Christopher Hitchens, ‘Burned Out’, Slate, Mar 7 2005:

     The same report, on a news page and not bodyguarded by any news analysis warning, goes on to say that repeated discoveries of cheating and covert activity mean that the credibility of Iran has been harmed.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• bodigard

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodyguard.

Noun

bodyguard m (plural bodyguarzi)

1. bodyguard

Declension

Synonyms

• gard? de corp
• goril? (figurative, derogatory)

References

• bodyguard in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)