Difference between Watch and Ticker

What is the difference between Watch and Ticker?

Watch as a noun is a portable or wearable timepiece. while Ticker as a noun is a measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.

Watch

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A portable or wearable timepiece. A particular time period when guarding is kept. A person or group of people who guard. A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch. 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).

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To look at, see, or view for a period of time. To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention. To mind, attend, or guard. To be wary or cautious of. To attend to dangers to or regarding. To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil To be vigilant or on one's guard To act as a lookout

Example sentence: I'm usually the kind of person where if someone tells me, 'Oh my God, you have to watch this show. It's amazing,' I kind of want to go against it and not watch it. But for 'Stranger Things,' I couldn't resist. I had to watch it.

Ticker

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.A stock ticker.A news ticker.The heart.

We hope you now know whether to use Watch or Ticker in your sentence.

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