Roster vs. List — What's the Difference?

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

A series of names, words, or other items written, printed, or imagined one after the other

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.

A considerable number; a long series

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 narrow strip, especially of wood.

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

(Architecture) See listel.

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

A border or selvage of cloth.

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

A stripe or band of color.

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

Often lists An arena for jousting tournaments or other contests.

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

A place of combat.

A list of names;

An area of controversy.

A ridge thrown up between two furrows by a lister in plowing.

(Obsolete) A boundary; a border.

An inclination to one side, as of a ship; a tilt.

A desire or inclination.

To make a list of; itemize

To enter in a list; register

To put (oneself) in a specific category

(Archaic) To recruit.

To have a stated list price

(Archaic) To enlist in the armed forces.

To cover, line, or edge with list.

To cut a thin strip from the edge of.

To furrow or plant (land) with a lister.

To lean or cause to lean to the side

To listen or listen to.

To be pleasing to; suit.

To be disposed; choose.

A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.

Material used for cloth selvage.

A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.

The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.

The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.

A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.

(architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.

(carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.

(ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.

(tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.

(obsolete) A stripe.

(obsolete) A boundary or limit; a border.

(archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.

(obsolete) Desire, inclination.

(architecture) A tilt to a building.

(nautical) A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.

(transitive) To create or recite a list.

(transitive) To place in listings.

(transitive) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.

(transitive) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.

To plough and plant with a lister.

To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.

To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.

To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.

To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.

To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.

To listen.

To listen to.

To be pleasing to.

To desire, like, or wish (to do something).

To cause (something) to tilt to one side.

To tilt to one side.

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat.

Inclination; desire.

An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.

A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet.

A limit or boundary; a border.

The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.

A stripe.

A roll or catalogue, that is, row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate.

A little square molding; a fillet; - called also listel.

A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.

A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.

The first thin coat of tin.

To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.

To hearken; to attend; to listen.

To listen or hearken to.

To desire or choose; to please.

To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.

To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.

To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.

To enroll; to place or register in a list.

To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.

To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.

To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

To plow and plant with a lister.

In cotton culture, to prepare, as land, for the crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe.

A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;

Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of;

Include in a list;

Enumerate;

Cause to lean to the side;

Tilt to one side;