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Playlist vs Library - What's the difference?

playlist | library |

As nouns the difference between playlist and library

is that playlist is a list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station 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 playlist

is to include (a track) on a playlist.

playlist

English

Noun

(wikipedia playlist) (en noun)
  • A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.
  • (computing) A list of tracks to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD.
  • A handwritten list of songs, prepared mainly for a band, to be performed by the lead singer(s) during a concert.
  • Derived terms

    * playlistism

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To include (a track) on a playlist.
  • She achieved success when her first single was playlisted on national radio.
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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