Lineup vs Roster - What's the difference?
lineup | roster |
(legal) a physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime
(Canada) A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end.
(sports) Collectively, the members of a team.
(baseball) The batting order.
A list of names, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.
A list of the jobs to be done by members of an organization and often with the date/time that they are expected to do them.
To place the name of (a person) on a roster.
As nouns the difference between lineup and roster
is that lineup is a physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime while roster is a list of names, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.As a verb roster is
to place the name of (a person) on a roster.lineup
English
Noun
(en noun)- The manager fielded his strongest lineup for the game against United.
Synonyms
* (line of people or vehicles) (American) line, (British) queue * (row of people for identifying a suspect) (British) identity paradeAnagrams
* * *roster
English
Noun
(en noun)- The secretary has produced a new cleaning roster for the Church over the remainder of the year.
See also
* rotaVerb
(en verb)- I have rostered you for cleaning duties on the first Monday of each month.
