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Inventory vs Checklist - What's the difference?

inventory | checklist |

As nouns the difference between inventory and checklist

is that inventory is the stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business while checklist is a list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.

As a verb inventory

is to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

inventory

English

(wikipedia inventory)

Noun

(inventories)
  • (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
    • Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
  • (operations) a detailed list of all of the items on hand
    • The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
  • (operations) the process of producing or updating such a list
    • This month's inventory took nearly three days.
  • (lb) A space containing the available to a character for immediate use.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * invent * invented * inventive * invention * inventor * reinvent

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
    • The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

    Synonyms

    * (take stock) index

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    checklist

    English

    (wikipedia checklist)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.
  • An inventory, especially of species.
    • a checklist of the plants of the

    See also

    * to-do list

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