Follow vs. Monitor — What's the Difference?

Go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead); move or travel behind

One that admonishes, cautions, or reminds, especially with respect to matters of conduct.

Come after in time or order

A pupil who assists a teacher in routine duties.

Act according to (an instruction or precept)

A usually electronic device used to record, regulate, or control a process or system.

Pay close attention to

A video display or speaker used in a production studio to check audio or video quality

Practise (a trade or profession).

(Computers)A device that accepts video signals from a computer and displays information on a screen; a video display.

To come or go after; proceed behind

(Computers)A program that observes, supervises, or controls the activities of other programs.

To go after in pursuit

An articulated device holding a rotating nozzle with which a jet of water is regulated, used in mining and firefighting.

To keep under surveillance

A heavily ironclad warship of the 19th century with a low, flat deck and one or more gun turrets.

To move along the course of; take

A modern warship designed for coastal bombardment.

To move in the direction of; be guided by

See monitor lizard.

To lie in the same path as

To check the quality or content of (an electronic audio or visual signal) by means of a receiver.

To be parallel to

To check by means of an electronic receiver for significant content, such as military, political, or illegal activity

To accept the guidance, command, or leadership of

To keep track of systematically with a view to collecting information

To adhere to; practice

To test or sample, especially on a regular or ongoing basis

To take as a model or precedent; imitate

To keep close watch over; supervise

To act in agreement or compliance with; obey

To direct.

To keep to or stick to

To act as a monitor.

To engage in (a trade or occupation); work at.

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.

To come after in order, time, or position

A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.

To bring something about at a later time than or as a consequence of

(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.

To occur or be evident as a consequence of

A studio monitor or loudspeaker.

To watch or observe closely

(computing) A program for viewing and editing.

To be attentive to; pay close heed to

A student leader in a class.

To keep oneself informed of the course, progress, or fortunes of

(nautical) One of a class of relatively small armored warships with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat. from 1862

To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand

(archaic) An ironclad.

To come, move, or take place after another person or thing in order or time.

A monitor lizard.

To occur or be evident as a consequence; result

(obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.

To grasp the meaning or reasoning of something; understand.

(engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring the several tools successively into position.

(Games) A billiards shot in which the cue ball is struck above center so that it follows the path of the object ball after impact.

A monitor nozzle.

(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.

(transitive) To watch over; to guard.

(ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.

One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.

(transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).

Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.

(transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).

Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (Varanus Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long.

(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.

(transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.

A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting.

To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.

A monitor nozzle.

(ambitransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.

Display consisting of a device that takes signals from a computer and displays them on a CRT screen

(transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

Someone who supervises (an examination)

In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.

Someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided

(social media) The act of following another user's online activity.

An iron-clad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

Electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions

To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.

A piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble

To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.

Any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles

To copy after; to take as an example.

Keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance

To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.

To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.

To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

To go or come after; - used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.

The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot.

To travel behind, go after, come after;

Be later in time;

Come as a logical consequence; follow logically;

Travel along a certain course;

Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;

Come after in time, as a result;

Behave in accordance or in agreement with;

Be next;

Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

To bring something about at a later time than;

Imitate in behavior; take as a model;

Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

Follow with the eyes or the mind;

Be the successor (of);

Perform an accompaniment to;

Keep informed;

To be the product or result;

Accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of;

Adhere to or practice;

Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function;

Keep under surveillance;

Follow in or as if in pursuit;

Grasp the meaning;

Keep to;