Program vs. Agenda — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Program and Agenda
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Definitions
Program➦
A listing of the order of events and other pertinent information for a public presentation.
Agenda➦
A list of things to be discussed in a meeting.
Program➦
The presentation itself
A program of piano pieces.
Agenda➦
A program of things to be done or considered
"King's broadening of the civil rights agenda to include issues of class, income, and employment" (James Carroll).
Program➦
A scheduled radio or television show.
Agenda➦
(Informal) A usually unstated underlying motive
"Everyone has an agenda, whether he or she is honest about it or not" (Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger).
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Program➦
An ordered list of events to take place or procedures to be followed; a schedule
A program of physical therapy for a convalescent.
Agenda➦
A datebook
Bought a leather-bound agenda.
Program➦
A system of services, opportunities, or projects, usually designed to meet a social need
"Working parents rely on the center's after-school latchkey program" (New York Times).
Agenda➦
A plural of agendum.
Program➦
A course of academic study; a curriculum.
Agenda➦
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
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Program➦
A plan or system of academic and related or ancillary activities
A work-study program.
Agenda➦
A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
Program➦
A plan or system of nonacademic extracurricular activities
The football program.
Agenda➦
A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
Program➦
A set of coded instructions that enables a machine, especially a computer, to perform a desired sequence of operations.
Agenda➦
An ulterior motive.
Program➦
An instruction sequence in programmed instruction.
Agenda➦
(obsolete) A ritual.
Program➦
All or part of the genetic code of a cell or organism.
Agenda➦
Plural of agendum
Program➦
A characteristic sequence of developmental or behavioral events in a cell or organism, often considered to result from the expression of genes.
Agenda➦
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
Program➦
A stimulus or training sequence that causes an organism to exhibit a behavior, as by conditioning.
Agenda➦
A list of matters to be discussed (as at a meeting).
Program➦
To include or schedule in a program
Program a new musical composition.
Agenda➦
A motive or set of goals; as, to have one's own agenda;
Program➦
To design a program for; schedule the activities of.
Agenda➦
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
Program➦
To provide (a machine) with a set of coded working instructions.
Agenda➦
A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
Program➦
To stimulate or train to perform automatically in a specified way
Consumers who have been programmed to buy brand names.
Program➦
To prepare an instructional sequence for (material to be taught) in programmed instruction.
Program➦
To provide (a cell or organism, for example) with a genetic program
Cells that are programmed to produce insulin.
Program➦
To cause (an effect or action) by means of a genetic program; determine genetically
"The basic housekeeping duties that a human and a yeast cell must perform are the same and are programmed by recognizably similar genes inherited from a common, single-celled ancestor" (Nicholas Wade).
Program➦
A set of structured activities.
Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
Program➦
A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
Program➦
(politics) A set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate
Program➦
(broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
Program➦
(computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
Program➦
A particular mindset or method of doing things.
Program➦
(transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
Program➦
(transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
Program➦
(transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
Program➦
(broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
Program➦
(transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
Program➦
Same as Programme.
Program➦
A system of projects or services intended to meet a public need;
He proposed an elaborate program of public works
Working mothers rely on the day care program
Program➦
A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished;
They drew up a six-step plan
They discussed plans for a new bond issue
Program➦
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute;
The program required several hundred lines of code
Program➦
An integrated course of academic studies;
He was admitted to a new program at the university
Program➦
A radio or television show;
Did you see his program last night?
Program➦
A performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation;
The program lasted more than two hours
Program➦
A document stating the aims and principles of a political party;
Their candidate simply ignored the party platform
They won the election even though they offered no positive program
Program➦
An announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event;
You can't tell the players without a program
Program➦
Arrange a program of or for;
Program the 80th birthday party
Program➦
Write a computer program
