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Schedule vs Appointment - What's the difference?

schedule | appointment |

In us terms the difference between schedule and appointment

is that schedule is each of the five divisions into which controlled drugs are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification while appointment is a honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

As nouns the difference between schedule and appointment

is that schedule is a slip of paper; a short note while appointment is the act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.

As a verb schedule

is to create a time-schedule.

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.

    References

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    appointment

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.
  • He erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
  • The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.
  • the appointment of treasurer
  • Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
  • An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement.
  • They made an appointment to meet at six.
    I'm leaving work early because I have a doctor's appointment .
  • Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
  • To submit to the divine appointments .
    According to the appointment of the priests. --Ezra vi. 9.
  • (Law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment ) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
  • (Government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
  • Equipment, furniture.
  • * 1910 , (Saki), ‘The Soul of Laploshka’, Reginald in Russia :
  • The appointments were primitive, but the Schnitzel, the beer, and the cheese could not have been improved on.
  • (US) A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.
  • Synonyms

    * command * designation * direction * equipment * establishment * order

    Antonyms

    * (act of appointing) dismissal

    See also

    * calendar * meeting * schedule