Roster vs. Lineup — What's the Difference?

A list, especially of the names of players on a sports team or of the personnel in a military unit.

An array or sequential display of persons or photographs of persons presented to a complainant or potential witness for the purpose of identifying a suspect in a crime.

A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.

(Sports) The members of a team chosen to start a game.

A list of the jobs to be done by members of an organization and often with the date/time that they are expected to do them.

A sequence of broadcasts or events for public entertainment

A schedule or timetable setting out shift times and dates for each employee of a business.

A physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them

(math) A bracketed list that shows the elements of a set.

(Canada) A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end; a queue.

(transitive) To place the name of (a person) on a roster.

(sports) Collectively, the members of a team.

To show the elements of a set by listing them inside brackets.

(baseball) The batting order.

A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.

(music) The members of a music group at any one time.

A list of names;

(music) The acts performing at a concert or music festival.

(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat;

A line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification