Calendar vs. Timeline

Calendarnoun

Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

‘The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars.’;

Timelinenoun

A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future); a chronology.

Calendarnoun

A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.

‘Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.’;

Timelinenoun

A schedule of activities; a timetable.

Calendarnoun

A list of planned events.

‘The club has a busy calendar this year.’;

Timelineverb

To analyse a sequence of events or activities.

Calendarnoun

An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.

‘a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assemblly;’; ‘a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court’;

Timelineverb

To display such a sequence graphically.

Calendarnoun

(US) An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

Timeline

A timeline is a display of a list of events in chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events.

Calendarverb

(legal) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.

‘The judge agreed to calendar a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to calendar the trial itself on a specific date.’;

Calendarverb

To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

Calendarnoun

An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac.

Calendarnoun

A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter.

Calendarnoun

An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar of a college or an academy.

Calendarverb

To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

Calendarnoun

a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year

Calendarnoun

a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc);

‘I have you on my calendar for next Monday’;

Calendarnoun

a tabular array of the days (usually for one year)

Calendarverb

enter into a calendar

Calendar

A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years.