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Timetable vs Routine - What's the difference?

timetable | routine |

As nouns the difference between timetable and routine

is that timetable is a structured schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures while routine is .

As a verb timetable

is to arrange a specific time for (an event, a class, etc).

timetable

English

Alternative forms

* time table * time-table

Noun

(wikipedia timetable) (en noun)
  • a structured schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures
    • The timetable has been changed several times since it was first announced.

    Synonyms

    * (structured schedule of events with the times at which they occur ): schedule, timeline

    Derived terms

    * timetable motion * timetable and train order

    Verb

    (timetabl)
  • To arrange a specific time for (an event, a class, etc).
    • I've timetabled the meeting for Monday afternoon.

    Synonyms

    * (insert (an event, etc) into a timetable ): schedule

    Derived terms

    * timetabled * timetabling

    routine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
  • A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.
  • :
  • *
  • *:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
  • A set piece of an entertainer's act.
  • (label) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • According to established procedure.
  • Regular; habitual.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
  • Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 3, author=David Ornstein, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Macc Tel-Aviv 1-2 Stoke , passage=Stoke put themselves in a fine position to qualify for the Europa League knockout stage with a routine victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel.}}

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