The difference between Enroll and List
When used as verbs, enroll means to enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list, whereas list means to create or recite a list.
List is also noun with the meaning: a strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
check bellow for the other definitions of Enroll and List
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Enroll as a verb (transitive):
To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
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Enroll as a verb (transitive):
To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
Examples:
"They were eager to enroll new recruits."
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Enroll as a verb (intransitive):
To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something)
Examples:
"Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?"
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Enroll as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To envelop; to enwrap.
Examples:
"rfquotek Spenser"
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List as a noun:
A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
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List as a noun:
Material used for cloth selvage.
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List as a noun:
A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
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List as a noun (in the plural, historical):
The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
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List as a noun (computing, programming):
A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the LISP programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
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List as a noun (architecture):
A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
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List as a noun (carpentry):
A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
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List as a noun (ropemaking):
A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
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List as a noun (tin-plate manufacture):
The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
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List as a noun (obsolete):
A stripe.
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List as a noun (obsolete):
A boundary or limit; a border.
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List as a verb (transitive):
To create or recite a list.
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List as a verb (transitive):
To place in listings.
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List as a verb (transitive):
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
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List as a verb (transitive):
To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
Examples:
"to list a door"
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List as a verb (transitive, agriculture):
To plough and plant with a lister.
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List as a verb (transitive, agriculture, chiefly, Southern US):
To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
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List as a verb (transitive, carpentry):
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
Examples:
"to list a board"
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List as a verb (transitive, military):
To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
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List as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
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List as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
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List as a noun (archaic):
Art; craft; cunning; skill.
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List as a verb (intransitive, poetic):
To listen.
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List as a verb (transitive, poetic):
To listen to.
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List as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To be pleasing to.
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List as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
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List as a noun (obsolete):
Desire, inclination.
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List as a noun (architecture):
A tilt to a building.
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List as a noun (nautical):
A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
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List as a verb (transitive, nautical):
To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
Examples:
"the steady wind listed the ship"
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List as a verb (intransitive, nautical):
To tilt to one side.
Examples:
"the ship listed to port"