As nouns the difference between catalog and library
is that catalog is (us|canada) while library is an institution which holds books and/or other forms of stored information for use by the public or qualified people it is usual, but not a defining feature of a library, for it to be housed in rooms of a building, to lend items of its collection to members either with or without payment, and to provide various other services for its community of users.
As a verb catalog
is .
catalog
English
Usage notes
In both the US and Canada, both catalog'' and ''catalogue'' are used, with ''catalogue'' commonly used in government and traditional institutions and ''catalog commonly used in informal, business, retail, and computing contexts.
Derived terms
* card catalog
* library catalog
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library
Noun
(libraries)
An institution which holds books and/or other forms of stored information for use by the public or qualified people. It is usual, but not a defining feature of a library, for it to be housed in rooms of a building, to lend items of its collection to members either with or without payment, and to provide various other services for its community of users.
A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library
(computer science) A collection of software subprograms that provides functionality, to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.
(card games) The deck or draw pile
A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease
Derived terms
* Borgesian library
* interlibrary
* librarian
* librarial
* library and information science
* library assistant
* library catalog
* library hand
* library science
* mobile library
* record library
* public library
* school library
