What's the difference between catalogue and directory?

Catalogue


Definition:

  • (n.) A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.
  • (v. t.) To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Modern art was interpreted in the catalogue as a conspiracy by Russian Bolsheviks and Jewish dealers to destroy European culture.
  • (2) This week they are wrestling with the difficult issue of how prisoners can order clothes for themselves now that clothing companies are discontinuing their printed catalogues and moving online.
  • (3) Sculthorpe’s catalogue consists of more than 350 pieces ranging from solos to orchestral works and opera.
  • (4) A catalogue of errors allowed the broadcast on Radio 2 of a series of obscene messages the pair had left on the actor Andrew Sachs's answerphone.
  • (5) We have used these anatomical studies on Pseudemys and Mauremys retina to form a catalogue of neural types for the turtle retina in general.
  • (6) The contrast between the snail's pace of negotiations and the rapid rise in emissions catalogued by the International Energy Agency could scarcely be more marked.
  • (7) In this study specific limb and eye movements plus other ictal phenomena were catalogued from the neurologic literature on frontal lobe seizures.
  • (8) It’s just been a catalogue of disasters – the late nomination, when his party membership lapsed , the [alleged] punch-up.
  • (9) In hindsight, Hogg’s 88-page judgment is an extraordinary catalogue of missed opportunities.
  • (10) This article will illustrate the radiological aspects that are seen commonly in AIDS rather than cataloguing every conceivable X-ray abnormality that may be found.
  • (11) The shocking catalogue of abuse at a care home first exposed by a TV investigation has been laid bare in a damning report.
  • (12) Print on demand and YouTube are also providing new ways to mine the company's back catalogue.
  • (13) While the report cleared the UK intelligence services of blame for failing to prevent the killing, despite a catalogue of errors, it was highly critical of the company for failing to flag up the information.
  • (14) The catalogue of blunders produced an angry response from congressmen in both parties who questioned the competence of Pierson, who was herself brought in to clean up the elite unit after earlier scandals in which drunken officers were found passed out during a presidential trip to Amsterdam and visiting prostitutes in Colombia.
  • (15) Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have struck a deal with music publisher BMG to represent their interests in the Rolling Stones catalogue, including 1960s classics such as I Can't Get No Satisfaction and Jumpin' Jack Flash.
  • (16) As the economy has picked up, so has demand for Marshall's cushions, helped in part by getting a listing in the catalogues of notonthehighstreet.com, an online marketplace for small businesses.
  • (17) At the advent of the web, Yahoo quaintly believed it could use editors to catalogue all the content online, but quickly learned that that wouldn't scale, as we say these days.
  • (18) We reviewed our clinical and autopsy experience and the literature from the past 25 years in order to catalogue the frequency and clinical importance of additional malformations in patients with CDH.
  • (19) By 1849 gin was respectable enough to be included in the Fortnum and Mason catalogue for the first time.
  • (20) In Australia, where an estimated 54,000 of Asia-Pacific’s 21 million-plus domestic workers are based, a Salvation Army report catalogued 16-hour days without breaks, non-payment of wages and physical violence.

Directory


Definition:

  • (a.) Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
  • (n.) A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.
  • (n.) A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.
  • (n.) A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.
  • (n.) Direction; guide.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The system has been successfully used for 18 months to create directories for a teaching file, for presentations, and for clinical research.
  • (2) Ellen Page is to make her directorial debut with Miss Stevens, starring Anna Faris as a teacher chaperoning a mob of high school students to a state drama competition.
  • (3) Anti-radicalisation is the whole community’s responsibility to deal with, not just the Muslim community.” Other critics point to provisions in the funding deed for the directory that allow the department to disclose confidential information about participants “to the responsible minister or prime minister”, or to a parliamentary committee.
  • (4) Patients admitted for the first AMI at 2 hospitals in Fukuoka City were aged 40 to 69 years, and control subjects were recruited based on the telephone directory of the city.
  • (5) On the basis of these findings, we conclude that PTH has the directory vasodepressive action and the effect of augmentation of the left ventricular contractile force.
  • (6) A computer-formatted directory was produced, with access via geographic location, personal name, organizational name, and keyword.
  • (7) You can find customer testimonials at online directory Allagents.co.uk .
  • (8) The resulting directory, published in July 1988, lists 494 programs involving 84 countries: 319 in medicine, 44 in dentistry, 30 in pharmacy, and 101 in public health.
  • (9) The Physician's Desk Reference and the United States Pharmacopeia Drug Information directory contain numerous warnings of potential interactions between topical glaucoma medications and systemically administered drugs.
  • (10) Jay Kennedy is head of policy at the Directory of Social Change This content is brought to you by Guardian Professional.
  • (11) It was here – "possibly in this very seat" – that his father made the fateful decision to watch his son's writing and directorial debut, a 2009 short called What Will Survive of Us , unaware that this Todd Solondz-inspired work was largely concerned with the topic of anal sex.
  • (12) Using another sample of death certificates, comparisons of the information for 322 decedents with city directory data produced similar results.
  • (13) Ninety-two percent of the respondents indicated a need for reviews of films and videotapes pertinent to occupational therapy, either in a directory--or a directory, with monthly reviews of new materials in the Occupational Therapy Newspaper or AJOT.
  • (14) The helpline, which gets one third of its funding from government and the rest from the finance industry, doesn't advertise its services but is listed in telephone directories.
  • (15) But the internal directory lists her as reporting directly to the chief financial officer, Tom Szkutak, not to Bezos.
  • (16) Systematic random sampling was used, and 1 out of 25 phone numbers were selected from the county telephone directory.
  • (17) I now have a pretty comprehensive mental directory of the helpful pharmacists and the unhelpful pharmacists in central London .
  • (18) An upgrade is required for the online and catalogue Directory business, as Next admits.
  • (19) Members of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists were asked to supply information about their current programs and their own graduate training in order to compile a training directory and to analyze certain aspects of the discipline.
  • (20) At the same time as it decided to offload RBI, the company announced the £2.1bn acquisition of US risk-management business ChoicePoint to complement its suite of professional data businesses such as tax bible Tolley's and legal directory Butterworths.