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Chronology vs Procedural - What's the difference?

chronology | procedural |

As a noun chronology

is (uncountable) the science of determining the order in which events occurred.

As an adjective procedural is

procedural.

chronology

English

(wikipedia chronology)

Noun

  • (uncountable) the science of determining the order in which events occurred.
  • (countable) an arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

    • Coordinate terms

    * horology

    Related terms

    * chronological * chronologically * chronicle * chronograph

    procedural

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Related to procedure.
    • The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds; it wasn't the facts or the law, it was just they hadn't filed the correct forms.
  • (computing) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
    • a procedural''' texture; '''procedural terrain

    Derived terms

    * procedurally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (literature) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
  • * 2000 , Gary Hausladen, Places for Dead Bodies (page 35)
    • It is only fitting that the investigation of place-based police procedurals begins in America, where the police procedural was invented and turned into a literary art form.

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