Alarm vs. Alert: Know the Difference

Sudden fear or concern caused by the realization of danger or an impending setback.

Vigilantly attentive; watchful

A warning of existing or approaching danger

Mentally responsive and perceptive; quick.

A device that is used to warn of danger by means of a sound or signal

Brisk or lively in action

The sounding mechanism of an alarm clock

A signal that warns of attack or danger

A call to arms.

A condition or period of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action

To fill with alarm or anxious concern.

To notify of approaching danger or action; warn

To give warning to

Attentive; awake; on guard.

To equip with or protect by an alarm

(obsolete) brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

An alarm.

Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

A notification of higher importance than an advisory.

A sudden attack; disturbance.

(military) A state of readiness for potential combat.

Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

To give warning to.

A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.

Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.

(transitive) To call to arms for defense

An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.

(transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger

Condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action;

(transitive) To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

A warning serves to make you more alert to danger

(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

(transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.

Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness;

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

Very attentive or observant;

Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

Mentally responsive;

A sudden attack; disturbance; broil.

Not unconscious; especially having become conscious;

Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

(usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive;

A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.

To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

To keep in excitement; to disturb.

To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

Fear resulting from the awareness of danger

A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

A clock that wakes sleeper at preset time

Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised;

Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness;