Coordinate vs. Schedule — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Coordinate and Schedule
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Definitions
Coordinate
Bring the different elements of (a complex activity or organization) into a harmonious or efficient relationship
He had responsibility for coordinating London's transport services
Schedule
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.
Coordinate
Form a coordinate bond to (an atom or molecule)
The sodium atom is coordinated to two oxygen atoms
Schedule
A plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times
We have drawn up an engineering schedule
Coordinate
Equal in rank or importance
Cross references in the catalogue link subjects which may be coordinate
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Schedule
An appendix to a formal document or statute, especially as a list, table, or inventory
They need a clear schedule of fixtures and fittings
Coordinate
Denoting a type of covalent bond in which one atom provides both the shared electrons.
Schedule
(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.
Coordinate
Each of a group of numbers used to indicate the position of a point, line, or plane.
Schedule
Arrange or plan (an event) to take place at a particular time
The release of the single is scheduled for April
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Coordinate
Matching items of clothing
Matching accessories provide a complete ensemble of colour coordinates
Schedule
Include (a building or site) in a list for legal preservation or protection
Cowley Bridge has already been scheduled and protected as an ancient monument
Coordinate
(Mathematics)Any of a set of two or more numbers used to determine the position of a point, line, curve, or plane in a space of a given dimension with respect to a system of lines or other fixed references.
Schedule
A list of times of departures and arrivals; a timetable
A bus schedule.
A schedule of guided tours.
Coordinate
Coordinates Informal Directions
Give me some coordinates so I can find my way.
Schedule
A plan for performing work or achieving an objective, specifying the order and allotted time for each part
Finished the project on schedule.
Coordinate
Coordinates A set of articles, as of clothing or luggage, designed to match or complement one other, as in style or color.
Schedule
A printed or written list of items in tabular form
A schedule of postal rates.
Coordinate
Of equal importance, rank, or degree
Jobs with coordinate responsibilities.
Schedule
A program of events or appointments expected in a given time
Can you fit me into your schedule Tuesday afternoon?.
Coordinate
(Grammar)Having equal syntactic status; not subordinate
Coordinate phrases.
Schedule
A student's program of classes.
Coordinate
(Mathematics)Of or based on a system of coordinates.
Schedule
A supplemental statement of details appended to a document.
Coordinate
Of or relating to a university in which men and women are taught by the same faculty but in single-sex classes or on single-sex campuses.
Schedule
A federally regulated list of controlled substances, ranked in classes by potential for abuse.
Coordinate
To cause to work or function in a common action or effort
Coordinating the moving parts of a machine.
Schedule
One of the ranks or classes in such a list.
Coordinate
To make harmonious; harmonize
Coordinate the colors of a design.
Schedule
To enter on a schedule
Calculate and schedule each tax deduction on the proper form.
Coordinate
(Grammar)To link (syntactic units) at an equal level.
Schedule
To make up a schedule for
I haven't scheduled the coming week yet.
Coordinate
To work or function together harmoniously
A nursing staff that coordinates smoothly.
Schedule
To plan or appoint for a certain time or date
Scheduled a trip in June.
Was scheduled to arrive Monday.
Coordinate
To form a harmonious combination; match
Shoes that coordinate with the rest of the outfit.
Schedule
To list or rank (a controlled substance) in a schedule.
Coordinate
Of the same rank; equal.
Two coordinate terms
Schedule
(obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note.
Coordinate
A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.
Give me your coordinates and we'll come and rescue you.
Schedule
(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.
Schedule of tribes
Coordinate
Something that is equal to another thing.
Schedule
One of the five divisions into which controlled substances are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification.
A Schedule I drug with a high potential for abuse
Coordinate
Coordinated clothes.
Schedule
A serial record of items, systematically arranged.
Coordinate
(transitive) To place in the same order or rank.
Schedule
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.
Stick to the schedule
We're running behind schedule
Things are happening ahead of schedule
Coordinate
(ambitransitive) To synchronize (activities).
It can be difficult to coordinate movement of both legs after an operation.
I was playing tennis for the first time, and it was difficult to coordinate.
Schedule
(computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.
Coordinate
(ambitransitive) To match (objects, especially clothes).
The outfit you're wearing doesn't coordinate.
Schedule
To create a time-schedule.
Coordinate
Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.
Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many coördinate powers presiding over each country.
Conjunctions joint sentences and coördinate terms.
Schedule
To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future.
I'll schedule you for three-o'clock then.
The next elections are scheduled on the twentieth of November.
Coordinate
A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance.
It has neither coördinate nor analogon; it is absolutely one.
Schedule
To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
I am scheduled for classes next month.
Coordinate
Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called coördinate axes and coördinate planes. See Abscissa.
Schedule
To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law.
Whether or not to schedule a patient
Coordinate
A number that identifies a position relative to an axis
Schedule
(US) To classify as a controlled substance.
Coordinate
Bring order and organization to;
Can you help me organize my files?
Schedule
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.
Coordinate
Bring into common action, movement, or condition;
Coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers
Coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues
Coordinate our efforts
Schedule
To form into, or place in, a schedule.
Coordinate
Be co-ordinated;
These activities co-ordinate well
Schedule
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
Coordinate
Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation;
Align the wheels of my car
Ordinate similar parts
Schedule
An ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur
Coordinate
Of equal importance, rank, or degree
Schedule
Plan for an activity or event;
I've scheduled a concert next week
Schedule
Make a schedule; plan the time and place for events;
I scheduled an exam for this afternoon