Sentry vs. Sentinel
Sentrynoun
A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
Sentrynoun
(uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
Sentrynoun
(nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
Sentrynoun
A watchtower.
Sentrynoun
A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel.
Sentrynoun
Guard; watch, as by a sentinel.
Sentrynoun
a person employed to watch for something to happen
Sentinelnoun
A sentry or guard.
Sentinelnoun
(computer science) a unique string of characters recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way; a keyword.
Sentinelnoun
Watch; guard.
Sentinelnoun
A sentinel crab.
Sentinelverb
(transitive) To watch over as a guard.
Sentinelverb
(transitive) To post as guard.
Sentinelverb
(transitive) To post a guard for.
Sentinelnoun
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.
Sentinelnoun
Watch; guard.
Sentinelnoun
A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; - called also sentinel crab.
Sentinelverb
To watch over like a sentinel.
Sentinelverb
To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.
Sentinelnoun
a person employed to watch for something to happen
