Schedule vs. Appointment — What's the Difference?

A plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times

An arrangement to do something or meet someone at a particular time and place.

A plan for performing work or achieving an objective, specifying the order and allotted time for each part

Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.

A printed or written list of items in tabular form

The act of appointing or designating someone for an office or position.

A schedule or a timetable, as a basic time-management tool, consists of a list of times at which possible tasks, events, or actions are intended to take place, or of a sequence of events in the chronological order in which such things are intended to take place. The process of creating a schedule — deciding how to order these tasks and how to commit resources between the variety of possible tasks — is called scheduling, and a person responsible for making a particular schedule may be called a scheduler.

The office or position to which one has been appointed.

An appendix to a formal document or statute, especially as a list, table, or inventory

Appointments Furnishings, fittings, or equipment.

(with reference to the British system of income tax) any of the forms (named ‘A’, ‘B’, etc.) issued for completion and relating to the various classes into which taxable income is divided.

(Law) The act of directing the disposition of property by virtue of a power granted for this purpose.

Arrange or plan (an event) to take place at a particular time

The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust

Include (a building or site) in a list for legal preservation or protection

The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed

A list of times of departures and arrivals; a timetable

An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.

A program of events or appointments expected in a given time

(religion) Decree; direction; established order or constitution.

A student's program of classes.

(law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.

A supplemental statement of details appended to a document.

(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

A federally regulated list of controlled substances, ranked in classes by potential for abuse.

(in the plural) Equipment, furniture.

One of the ranks or classes in such a list.

(US) An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.

To enter on a schedule

(obsolete) The allowance paid to a public officer.

To make up a schedule for

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

To plan or appoint for a certain time or date

The state of being appointed to som service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.

To list or rank (a controlled substance) in a schedule.

Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.

(obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note.

Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.

(legal) A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.

The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.

One of the five divisions into which controlled substances are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification.

Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.

A serial record of items, systematically arranged.

An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; - properly only in the plural.

A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.

A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

(computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.

The act of putting a person into a non-elective position;

To create a time-schedule.

A meeting arranged in advance;

To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future.

(usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.

A person who is appointed to a job or position

To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law.

The job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed;

(US) To classify as a controlled substance.

(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment;

A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.

To form into, or place in, a schedule.

A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

An ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur

Plan for an activity or event;

Make a schedule; plan the time and place for events;