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Timing vs Schedule - What's the difference?

timing | schedule |

In obsolete terms the difference between timing and schedule

is that timing is an occurrence or event while schedule is a slip of paper; a short note.

timing

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) An occurrence or event.
  • (uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
  • (uncountable) The time when something happens.
  • (uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
  • (countable) An instance of recording the time of something.
  • Derived terms

    * active timing * attack timing * back-timing * basic ignition timing * basic timing * color timing * comic timing * computer-controlled timing * continuous variable valve timing * dynamic ignition timing * ignition timing * market timing * sequential valve timing * signal timing * stress timing * syllable timing * targa timing * target timing * valve timing * variable cam timing * variable valve timing

    Verb

    (head)
  • ----

    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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