Monitor and Observe

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Monitor verb - To pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose.

Usage example: police regularly monitor that road to record traffic density and to catch speeders

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Observe is a synonym for monitor in listen topic. In some cases you can use "Observe" instead a verb "Monitor", when it comes to topics like check.

Observe verb - To keep one's eyes on.

Usage example: happily spent many hours observing the birds at the backyard feeder

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Monitor is a synonym for observe in watch topic. You can use "Monitor" instead a verb "Observe", if it concerns topics such as see.

character	monitor character	observe character
people	monitor people	observe people
situation	monitor situation	observe situation
development	monitor development	observe development
Other words: characters, world, influence, safety, results, behavior, porn, goings-on, events, movements.

It is ultimately revealed that he is in fact a plant used by Kilgrave to monitor and observe Jessica.

Source: Series / Jessica Jones
Government Conspiracy: Iron Hand, a plot by the CIA to build a backdoor into a popular social media platform, letting them effortlessly observe and monitor everyone who uses it.

Source: Film / Jason Bourne
Taichi, in a frustrated manner, bangs on the side of the monitor he's using to observe the fight between the Digidestined's Digimon and Diablomon.

Source: Computer Equals Monitor

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