What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Monitoring vs Detect - What's the difference?

monitoring | detect |

As verbs the difference between monitoring and detect

is that monitoring is present participle of lang=en while detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.

As a noun monitoring

is the act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording the emissions of one's own or allied forces for the purpose of maintaining and improving procedural standards and security, or for reference, as applicable.

As an adjective detect is

detected.

monitoring

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording the emissions of one's own or allied forces for the purpose of maintaining and improving procedural standards and security, or for reference, as applicable.
  • The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording of enemy emissions for intelligence purposes.
  • The act of detecting the presence of signals, such as electromagnetic radiation, sound, or visual signals, and the measurement thereof with appropriate measuring instruments.
  • The act of detecting the presence of radiation and the measurement thereof with radiation measuring instruments.
  • detect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
  • Derived terms

    * detection * detective * detector

    See also

    * discover * find * stumble upon

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Detected.
  • (Fabyan)