Centinel vs. Sentinel — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Centinel and Sentinel
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Centinel
Obsolete spelling of sentinel
Sentinel
One that keeps guard; a sentry.
Centinel
Sentinel.
Sentinel
To watch over as a guard.
Sentinel
To provide with a guard.
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Sentinel
To post as a guard.
Sentinel
A sentry, watch, or guard.
Sentinel
(obsolete) A private soldier.
Sentinel
(computer science) A unique string of characters recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way; a keyword.
Sentinel
A sentinel crab.
Sentinel
A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).
Sentinel animals can be used to explore endemic diseases.
Sentinel
(transitive) To watch over as a guard.
He sentineled the north wall.
Sentinel
(transitive) To post as guard.
He sentineled him on the north wall.
Sentinel
(transitive) To post a guard for.
He sentineled the north wall with just one man.
Sentinel
One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry.
The sentinels who paced the ramparts.
Sentinel
Watch; guard.
Sentinel
A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; - called also sentinel crab.
Sentinel
To watch over like a sentinel.
Sentinel
To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.
Sentinel
A person employed to watch for something to happen
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