Panel vs. Forum — What's the Difference?

A small group of people brought together to investigate or decide on a particular matter

A public meeting place for open discussion.

A flat or curved component, typically rectangular, that forms or is set into the surface of a door, wall, or ceiling

The public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city that was the assembly place for judicial activity and public business.

A flat board on which instruments or controls are fixed

A medium for open discussion or voicing of ideas, such as a newspaper, a radio or television program, or a website.

A person or people charged with an offence.

A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion usually among experts and often including audience participation.

Cover (a wall or other surface) with panels

An area of legal authority; a jurisdiction.

A flat, usually rectangular piece forming a raised, recessed, or framed part of the surface in which it is set.

A court of law or tribunal.

The space or section in a fence or railing between two posts.

A place for discussion.

A vertical section of fabric; a gore.

A gathering for the purpose of discussion.

A thin wooden board, used as a surface for an oil painting.

A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.

A painting on such a board.

(Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.

A board having switches or buttons to control an electric device.

(historical) A square or marketplace in a Roman town, used for public business and commerce.

An instrument panel.

A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.

A section of a telephone switchboard.

A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.

A cartoon drawing in a sequence of cartoons that form a narrative.

A public meeting or assembly for open discussion

The complete list of persons summoned for jury duty.

A public facility to meet for open discussion

Those persons chosen from this list to constitute a pool from which a jury or juries will be selected for a particular court.

A place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece

A jury.

A group of people gathered to plan or discuss an issue, judge a contest, or act as a team on a radio or television quiz program.

A discussion by such a group.

To cover or furnish with panels.

To decorate with panels.

To separate into panels.

A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.

(architectural element) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.

A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.

(comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.

(graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.

(law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.

(law) The whole jury.

A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.

(obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.

A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.

(joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.

(masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.

(masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.

(mining) A heap of dressed ore.

(mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.

(dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.

A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.

A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.

(medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.

To enter (jury members) on an official list of jurors; to empanel.

To fit (an animal, especially a mule or ass) with a panel or simple padded saddle.

(transitive) To fit (a room etc.) with panels.

A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff;

Any group of persons selected to judge a contest, conduct a discussion, serve as advisers, or participate in any group activity in which they will provide information or make judgments.

Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.

A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.

One of the faces of a hewn stone.

A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.

A heap of dressed ore.

A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.

A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.

A segment of an aëroplane wing. In a biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.

To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.

Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something

A committee appointed to judge a competition

(law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)

A group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc

A pad placed under a saddle

(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel'

Electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;

Decorate with panels;

Select from a list;