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Schedule vs Enroll - What's the difference?

schedule | enroll |

As verbs the difference between schedule and enroll

is that schedule is to create a time- while enroll is to enter (a name, etc) in a register, roll or list.

As a noun schedule

is (obsolete) a slip of paper; a short note.

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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    enroll

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enrol (UK) (CA)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
  • * Prescott
  • All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
  • * Milton
  • An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling .
  • To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
  • They were eager to enroll new recruits.
  • To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something)
  • Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?
  • (obsolete) To envelop; to enwrap.
  • (Spenser)

    Synonyms

    * (enter in a register) list, note, note down, record, register * (enlist) enlist, sign up, subscribe * (become a member) enlist, join, join up, sign up, subscribe * (join a class) add, register for

    Derived terms

    * enrollee * enroller * enrollment