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Booking vs Registration - What's the difference?

booking | registration |

In lang=en terms the difference between booking and registration

is that booking is the process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording identifying data of a suspect following arrest while registration is the art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.

As nouns the difference between booking and registration

is that booking is the act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting while registration is the act of signing up or registering for something.

As a verb booking

is present participle of lang=en.

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

    registration

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) the act of signing up or registering for something
  • ''Complete the registration process
  • (countable) that which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers
  • Did you submit your car registration yet?
  • (uncountable) alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process
  • (uncountable) the location where guests register, especially with a hotel.
  • The elevators are just past registration .
  • (music) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.