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Deadline vs Schedule - What's the difference?

deadline | schedule |

As nouns the difference between deadline and schedule

is that deadline is a date on or before which something must be completed while schedule is a slip of paper; a short note.

As verbs the difference between deadline and schedule

is that deadline is to render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc while schedule is to create a time-schedule.

deadline

Noun

(en noun)
  • A date on or before which something must be completed.
  • I must make this deadline or my boss will ''kill'' me!
  • (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
  • (archaic) A line that does not move. (rfex)
  • (archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.
  • Verb

    (deadlin)
  • (military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.
  • ----

    schedule

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note.
  • (legal) An annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.
  • (senseid)A timetable, or other time-based plan of events; a plan of what is to occur, and at what time.
  • (US) Each of the five divisions into which controlled drugs are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification.
  • (computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.
  • Synonyms

    * timetable * timeline

    Verb

    (schedul)
  • To create a time-.
  • To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future.
  • I'll schedule you for three-o'clock then.
    The next elections are scheduled on the 20th of November.

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