Task vs. Program — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Task and Program
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Definitions
Task
A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
Program
A listing of the order of events and other pertinent information for a public presentation.
Task
A difficult or tedious undertaking
Finding qualified people to fill these specialized roles was a real task.
Program
The presentation itself
A program of piano pieces.
Task
A function to be performed; an objective
It is our task to renew consumer confidence.
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Program
A scheduled radio or television show.
Task
To assign a task to or impose a task on
The agency was tasked with creating an advertising campaign.
Program
An ordered list of events to take place or procedures to be followed; a schedule
A program of physical therapy for a convalescent.
Task
(Archaic) To subject to strain or hardship
"The Professor's household was a modest one, and yet it tasked his ideas to keep it up to his wife's standard" (Edith Wharton).
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).
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Task
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
The employee refused to complete the assignment, arguing that it was not one of the tasks listed in her job description.
Program
A course of academic study; a curriculum.
Task
Any piece of work done.
Program
A plan or system of academic and related or ancillary activities
A work-study program.
Task
A difficult or tedious undertaking.
Program
A plan or system of nonacademic extracurricular activities
The football program.
Task
An objective.
Program
A set of coded instructions that enables a machine, especially a computer, to perform a desired sequence of operations.
Task
(computing) A process or execution of a program.
The user killed the frozen task.
Program
An instruction sequence in programmed instruction.
Task
(obsolete) A tax or charge.
Program
All or part of the genetic code of a cell or organism.
Task
(transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.
Program
A characteristic sequence of developmental or behavioral events in a cell or organism, often considered to result from the expression of genes.
Task
(transitive) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax
Program
A stimulus or training sequence that causes an organism to exhibit a behavior, as by conditioning.
Task
(transitive) To charge, as with a fault.
Program
To include or schedule in a program
Program a new musical composition.
Task
Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
Ma task of servile toil.
Each morning sees some task begin,Each evening sees it close.
Program
To design a program for; schedule the activities of.
Task
Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
Program
To provide (a machine) with a set of coded working instructions.
Task
To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.
Program
To stimulate or train to perform automatically in a specified way
Consumers who have been programmed to buy brand names.
Task
To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Program
To prepare an instructional sequence for (material to be taught) in programmed instruction.
Task
To charge; to tax, as with a fault.
Too impudent to task me with those errors.
Program
To provide (a cell or organism, for example) with a genetic program
Cells that are programmed to produce insulin.
Task
Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;
He prepared for great undertakings
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).
Task
A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee;
Estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
The job of repairing the engine took several hours
The endless task of classifying the samples
The farmer's morning chores
Program
A set of structured activities.
Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
Task
Assign a task to;
I tasked him with looking after the children
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.
Task
Use to the limit;
You are taxing my patience
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
