what's the difference between LOOK AFTER and WATCH OVER? Please, provide?

Question

a few examples.

Answer 1

Look after. Means your going to be watching taking care and cleaning up.
Where is watch over means your going to watch and make sure everything is on the up and up if their is a problem you will step in however no clean up is required.

Answer 2

If I am looking after you;
i am a relative or person you are living with
You would be living in the house of the person looking after you
your parents look after you and are responible for you
you could be watching over your sister at school which means you are responible to take her to school and see that she is ok
key word is responible

If i am watching over you
I might be babysitting for the day or weekend
I might be a neighbor that watch over you when you play at the park
you could watch over your sister while your mom cooks dinner

Answer 3

look after:MEANING:take care

their auntie looked after them while there mother was in hospital

Phrasal Verbs:
watch out
To be careful or on the alert; take care.
watch over
To be in charge of; superintend.
Idioms:
watch it
To be careful: had to watch it when I stepped onto the ice.
watch (one's) step
1. To act or proceed with care and caution.
2. To behave as is demanded, required, or appropriate.

Answer 4

Look after your sister means take good care of her wile Wtch over your sister meens protect her. So when you watch over someone you are more careful then when you look after that person

Answer 5

Just what I was going to say!!

Answer 6

1. to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
2. to glance or gaze in a manner specified: to look questioningly at a person.
3. to use one's sight or vision in seeking, searching, examining, watching, etc.: to look through the papers.
4. to tend, as in bearing or significance: Conditions look toward war.
5. to appear or seem to the eye as specified: to look pale.
6. to appear or seem to the mind: The case looks promising.
7. to direct attention or consideration: to look at the facts.
8. to have an outlook or afford a view: The window looks upon the street.
9. to face or front: The house looks to the east.
–verb (used with object) 10. to give (someone) a look: He looked me straight in the eye.
11. to have an appearance appropriate to or befitting (something): She looked her age.
12. to appear to be; look like: He looked a perfect fool, coming to the party a day late.
13. to express or suggest by looks: to look one's annoyance at a person.
14. Archaic. to bring, put, etc., by looks.
–noun 15. the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
16. a visual search or examination.
17. the way in which a person or thing appears to the eye or to the mind; aspect: He has the look of an honest man. The tablecloth has a cheap look.
18. an expressive glance: to give someone a sharp look.
19. looks, a. general aspect; appearance: to like the looks of a place.
b. attractive, pleasing appearance.

—Verb phrases20. look after, a. to follow with the eye, as someone or something moving away: She looked after him as he walked toward the train station.
b. to pay attention to; concern oneself with: to look after one's own interests.
c. to take care of; minister to: to look after a child.

21. look back, to review past events; return in thought: When I look back on our school days, it seems as if they were a century ago.
22. look down on or upon, to regard with scorn or disdain; have contempt for: They look down on all foreigners.
23. look for, a. to seek; search for: Columbus was looking for a shorter route to India when he discovered America.
b. to anticipate; expect: I'll be looking for you at the reception.

24. look in, a. Also, look into. to look briefly inside of: Look in the jar and tell me if any cookies are left.
b. Also, look in on. to visit (a person, place, etc.) briefly: I'll look in some day next week.

25. look into, to inquire into; investigate; examine: The auditors are looking into the records to find the cause of the discrepancy.
26. look on or upon, a. to be a spectator; watch: The crowd looked on at the street brawl.
b. to consider; regard: They look upon gambling as sinful.

27. look out, a. to look to the outside, as from a window or a place of observation: From her office window, she could look out over the bustling city.
b. to be vigilant or on guard: Look out, there are dangers ahead.
c. to afford a view; face: The room looks out on the garden.

28. look out for, to take watchful care of; be concerned about: He has to look out for his health.
29. look over, to examine, esp. briefly: Will you please look over my report before I submit it?
30. look to, a. to direct one's glance or gaze to: If you look to your left, you can see the Empire State Building.
b. to pay attention to: Look to your own affairs and stay out of mine.
c. to direct one's expectations or hopes to: We look to the day when world peace will be a reality.
d. to regard with expectation and anticipation: We look to the future and greater advances in science and technology.

31. look up, a. to direct the eyes upward; raise one's glance: The other guests looked up as she entered the room.
b. to become better or more prosperous; improve: Business is looking up.
c. to search for, as an item of information, in a reference book or the like: Look up the answer in the encyclopedia.
d. to seek out, esp. to visit: to look up an old friend.
e. Nautical. (of a sailing ship) to head more nearly in the direction of its destination after a favoring change of wind.

32. look up to, to regard with admiration or respect; esteem: A boy needs a father he can look up to.
—Idioms33. look daggers, to look at someone with a furious, menacing expression: I could see my partner looking daggers at me.
34. look down one's nose at, to regard with an overbearing attitude of superiority, disdain, or censure: The more advanced students really looked down their noses at the beginners.
35. look forward to, to anticipate with eagerness or pleasure: I always look forward to your visits.
36. look sharp, a. to be alert and quick: If you want to get ahead, you must look sharp.
b. Also, British, look slippy. to hurry: You'd better look sharp! It's getting late.



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[Origin: bef. 900; (v.) ME lōk(i)en, OE lōcian; c. MD lœken, akin to dial. G lugen to look out; (n.) ME loke act of looking, glance, countenance, deriv. of the v.]


—Synonyms 1. See watch. 6. See seem. 16. gaze, glance. 17. appearance, air.
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v. looked, look·ing, looks
v. intr.

To employ one's sight, especially in a given direction or on a given object: looking out the window; looked at the floor.
To search: We looked all afternoon but could not find it.

To turn one's glance or gaze: looked to the right.
To turn one's attention; attend: looked to his neglected guitar during vacation; looked at the evidence.
To turn one's expectations: looked to us for a solution.
To seem or appear to be: look morose. See Synonyms at seem.
To face in a specified direction: The cottage looks on the river.

v. tr.
To turn one's eyes on: looked him in the eye.
To convey by one's expression: looked annoyance at the judge; looked his devotion to me.

To have an appearance of conformity with: He looks his age. She dressed up to look the part.
To appear to be: looked the fool in one version of the story.

n.

The act or instance of looking: I took just one look and I was sure.
A gaze or glance expressive of something: gave her a mournful look.

Appearance or aspect: a look of great age.
looks Physical appearance, especially when pleasing.
A distinctive, unified manner of dress or fashion: the preferred look for this fall.

Phrasal Verbs:
look after
To take care of: looked after his younger brother.
look for
To search for; seek: looking for my gloves.
To expect: Look for a change of weather in March.
look into
To inquire into; investigate: The police looked into the disturbance.
look on or upon
To regard in a certain way: looked on them as incompetents.
look out
To be watchful or careful; take care: If you don't look out, you may fall on the ice. We looked out for each other on the trip.
look over
To examine or inspect, often in hasty fashion: looked over the proposal before the meeting.
look to Usage Proble.
To expect or hope to: He looked to hear from her within a week.
To seem about to; promise to: “an ‘Action Program,’ which... looked to reduce tariffs on over 1,800 items” (Alan D. Romberg).
look up
To search for and find, as in a reference book.
To visit: look up an old friend.
To become better; improve: Things are at last looking up.

Idioms:
look a gift horse in the mouth Informa.
To be critical or suspicious of something one has received without expense.
look alive/sharp Informa.
To act or respond quickly: Look alive! We leave in five minutes.
look down on/upon
To regard with contempt or condescension.
look down (one's) nose at/on
To regard with contempt or condescension.
look forward to
To think of (a future event) with pleasurable, eager anticipation: looking forward to graduation.
look in on
To visit: I look in on my grandparents each weekend.
look the other way
To deliberately overlook something: knew the student was cheating but decided to look the other way.
look up to
To admire: looked up to her mother.


[Middle English loken, from Old English lcian.]
Usage Note: The phrasal verb look to has recently developed the meanings “expect to” and “hope to,” as in The executives look to increase sales once the economy improves or I'm looking to sell my car in July. In a recent survey, the Usage Panel was divided almost evenly on this usage, with 52 percent of the Panelists finding it acceptable and 48 percent rejecting it. Of those rejecting this usage, a small number volunteered that they would find it acceptable in informal speech, and in fact the divided response of the Panel may be due in part to the informal flavor of this phrase.

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look after

Also, look out for; see after. Take care of, attend to the safety or well-being of, as in Please look after your little brother, or We left Jane to look out for the children, or Please see after the luggage. The first expression dates from the second half of the 1300s, the second from the mid-1900s, and the third from the early 1700s.








Watch Over
1. to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
2. to look or wait attentively and expectantly (usually fol. by for): to watch for a signal; to watch for an opportunity.
3. to be careful or cautious: Watch when you cross the street.
4. to keep awake, esp. for a purpose; remain vigilant, as for protection or safekeeping: to watch with a sick person.
5. to keep vigil, as for devotional purposes.
6. to keep guard: She was assigned to watch at the door.
–verb (used with object) 7. to keep under attentive view or observation, as in order to see or learn something; view attentively or with interest: to watch a play; to watch a football game.
8. to contemplate or regard mentally: to watch his progress.
9. to look or wait attentively and expectantly for: to watch one's opportunity.
10. to guard, tend, or oversee, esp. for protection or safekeeping: to watch the baby.
–noun 11. close, continuous observation for the purpose of seeing or discovering something: Their watch for the birds was unrewarding.
12. vigilant guard, as for protection or restraint: to keep watch for prowlers.
13. a keeping awake for some special purpose: a watch beside a sickbed.
14. a period of time for watching or keeping guard: to stand the first watch.
15. a small, portable timepiece, as a wrist watch or pocket watch.
16. a chronometer.
17. Nautical. a. a period of time, usually four hours, during which one part of a ship's crew is on duty, taking turns with another part.
b. the officers and crew who attend to the working of a ship for an allotted period of time.

18. one of the periods, usually three or four, into which the night was divided in ancient times, as by the Greeks or Hebrews: the fourth watch of the night.
19. a person or group that watches, as a lookout, guard, or sentinel: A watch was posted at sunset.
20. Also called storm watch. Meteorology. an announcement from the U.S. National Weather Service alerting the public that dangerous weather conditions are a possibility and that vigilance and precautionary preparations are advised: hurricane watch, tornado watch. Compare advisory (def. 5), warning (def. 3).
21. a flock of nightingales.
—Verb phrases22. watch out, to be on one's guard; be cautious: Watch out for cars when you cross the road.
23. watch over, to guard for protection or safekeeping: She watched over us like a mother hen over her brood.
—Idioms24. watch oneself, a. to be cautious.
b. to practice discretion or self-restraint.

25. on the watch, vigilant; alert: The hunter was on the watch for game.


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[Origin: bef. 900; 1580–90 for def. 15; (v.) ME wacchen, OE wæccan, doublet of wacian to be awake (see wake1); (n.) ME wacche, OE wæcce, deriv. of wæccan]


—Synonyms 1. Watch, look, see imply being aware of things around one by perceiving them through the eyes. To watch is to be a spectator, to look on or observe, or to fix the attention upon during passage of time: to watch while a procession passes. To look is to direct the gaze with the intention of seeing, to use the eyesight with attention: to look for violets in the spring; to look at articles displayed for sale. To see is to perceive with the eyes, to obtain a visual impression, with or without fixing the attention: animals able to see in the dark. 9. await. 10. protect. 11. inspection, attention. 12. vigil.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source watch (wch) Pronunciation Key
v. watched, watch·ing, watch·es
v. intr.
To look or observe attentively or carefully; be closely observant: watching for trail markers.
To look and wait expectantly or in anticipation: watch for an opportunity.
To act as a spectator; look on: stood by the road and watched.
To stay awake at night while serving as a guard, sentinel, or watcher.
To stay alert as a devotional or religious exercise; keep vigil.

v. tr.
To look at steadily; observe carefully or continuously: watch a parade.
To keep a watchful eye on; guard: watched the prisoner all day.
To observe the course of mentally; keep up on or informed about: watch the price of gold.
To tend (a flock, for example). See Synonyms at tend2.

n.
The act or process of keeping awake or mentally alert, especially for the purpose of guarding.

The act of observing closely or the condition of being closely observed; surveillance.
A period of close observation, often in order to discover something: a watch during the child's illness.
A person or group of people serving, especially at night, to guard or protect.
The post or period of duty of a guard, sentinel, or watcher.
Any of the periods into which the night is divided; a part of the night.
Nautical.
Any of the periods of time, usually four hours, into which the day aboard ship is divided and during which a part of the crew is assigned to duty.
The members of a ship's crew on duty during a specific watch.
A chronometer on a ship.

A period of wakefulness, especially one observed as a religious vigil.
A funeral wake.
A small portable timepiece, especially one worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket.
A flock of nightingales. See Synonyms at flock1.

Phrasal Verbs:
watch out
To be careful or on the alert; take care.
watch over
To be in charge of; superintend.

Idioms:
watch it
To be careful: had to watch it when I stepped onto the ice.
watch (one's) step
To act or proceed with care and caution.
To behave as is demanded, required, or appropriate.


[Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæccan, to watch, be awake. See weg- in Indo-European Roots.]

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watch over

Guard for protection or safekeeping, as in There were only two aides watching over that large group of children. This idiom was first recorded in 1526.