The difference between Schedule and Timeline
When used as nouns, schedule means a slip of paper, whereas timeline means a graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).
When used as verbs, schedule means to create a time-schedule, whereas timeline means to analyse a sequence of events or activities.
check bellow for the other definitions of Schedule and Timeline
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Schedule as a noun (obsolete):
A slip of paper; a short note.
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Schedule as a noun (legal):
A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract. One of the five divisions into which controlled drugs are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification.
Examples:
"schedule of tribes"
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Schedule as a noun:
A timetable, or other time-based plan of events; a plan of what is to occur, and at what time.
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Schedule as a noun (computer science):
An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.
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Schedule as a verb:
To create a time-schedule.
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Schedule as a verb:
To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future.
Examples:
"I'll schedule you for three-o'clock then."
"The next elections are scheduled on the 20th of November."
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Schedule as a verb (Australia, medicine):
To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under the Mental Health Act.
Examples:
"whether or not to schedule a patient"
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Timeline as a noun:
A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future); a chronology.
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Timeline as a noun:
A schedule of activities; a timetable.
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Timeline as a verb:
To analyse a sequence of events or activities.
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Timeline as a verb:
To display such a sequence graphically.