Catch
Catch verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.
Usage example: I looked out the window just in time to catch the neighbor's dog digging up my flower bed
Watch
Watch verb - See or watch.
How words are described
| old | old catch | old watch |
| good | good catch | good watch |
| musical | musical catch | musical watch |
| full | full catch | full watch |
| Other adjectives: nice, better, similar, small, real, big, new, different, giant, diving. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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At some points in the game you can watch/catch other children making out, making it pretty blatant that they're not the only couple.
Source: Video Game / Psychonauts -
Barry can only watch helplessly when he fails to catch up with Jason and then helplessly watch him fall off the Crystal Lake dock, flail around and drown in the lake.
Source: Interrupted Intimacy - When Kevin jumps up to catch the thief, he manages to succeed in grabbing hold of one half of the watch as they both start pulling on the watch.
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Watch and Catch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/catch/watch
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