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I'm having a tough time finding the distinction between the two.
My understanding is that "operating system" refers to a more abstracted job monitor with extended functionality (e.g. task-scheduling, virtual memory allocation, etc).
Is that really the case, or am I missing a more substantial difference?

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    Terms like "system monitor" or "operating system" are only rough categories for software, not protected brands - any software vendor or author can use them the way they want. Commented May 9, 2022 at 6:13

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Nobody would refer to Windows as a "system monitor".

In fact, very few people would use the term "system monitor" these days to refer to software with the management role. Wikipedia uses it to refer to an informational role. That is, a system monitor is a tool for getting monitoring information out of the operating system and presenting it to the user or system administrator.

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