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What is the difference between watch and see ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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In general the word watching implies more of an effort and a degree of concentration.
Seeing is more about the action of your eyes. Watching is more about paying attention.
And then there is also the word looking.
Looking means you intend to see something.
Seeing is more the action of your eyes, you see things which come into your sight.
Did you see that man?
Oh no, I wasn't really looking at the other people.
Oh, I did. I like to watch people closely.
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The difference is a small or long time doing it. I watch TV. I watched a movie. I see flowers. I saw a balloon.
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