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Backlog vs Booking - What's the difference?

backlog | booking |

As verbs the difference between booking and backlog

is that booking is present participle of lang=en while backlog is to acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog.

As nouns the difference between booking and backlog

is that booking is the act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting while backlog is an accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders or unfinished work.

backlog

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders or unfinished work
  • He went to work on Saturday to try to work through the backlog of papers on his desk.
  • A reserve source or supply
  • Verb

  • (intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
  • booking

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
  • A reservation for a service, such as accommodation in an hotel.
  • The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
  • (sports) The issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.
  • (legal) The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording identifying data of a suspect following arrest.
  • Derived terms

    * booking clerk * booking office

    See also

    * inscription