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Booking vs Ordering - What's the difference?

booking | ordering |

As verbs the difference between booking and ordering

is that booking is present participle of lang=en while ordering is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between booking and ordering

is that booking is the act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting while ordering is arrangement in a sequence.

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

    ordering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • Arrangement in a sequence.
    • ''She gave the students' performances a rank ordering .
  • (uncountable) Making an agreement for later pick up or delivery.
    • Ordering has to be complete at least six weeks before expected delivery to get our best prices.