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Roster vs Schedule - What's the difference?

roster | schedule |

As nouns the difference between schedule and roster

is that schedule is a slip of paper; a short note 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 verbs the difference between schedule and roster

is that schedule is to create a time-schedule while roster is to place the name of (a person) on a roster.

roster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • The secretary has produced a new cleaning roster for the Church over the remainder of the year.

    See also

    * rota

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place the name of (a person) on a roster.
    • I have rostered you for cleaning duties on the first Monday of each month.

    Anagrams

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    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.

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