What's the difference between list and roster?

List


Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
  • (v. i.) To hearken; to attend; to listen.
  • (v. t.) To listen or hearken to.
  • (v. i.) To desire or choose; to please.
  • (v. i.) To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.
  • (n.) Inclination; desire.
  • (n.) An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A limit or boundary; a border.
  • (n.) The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
  • (n.) A stripe.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel.
  • (n.) A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
  • (n.) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.
  • (n.) The first thin coat of tin.
  • (n.) A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
  • (v. t.) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.
  • (v. t.) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.
  • (v. t.) To enroll; to place or register in a list.
  • (v. t.) To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.
  • (v. t.) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.
  • (v. i.) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, medicines have an important part to play, and it is now generally agreed that for the very poor populations medicines should be restricted to those on an 'essential drugs list' and should be made available as cheaply as possible.
  • (2) The omission of Crossrail 2 from the Conservative manifesto , in which other infrastructure projects were listed, was the clearest sign yet that there is little appetite in a Theresa May government for another London-based scheme.
  • (3) To be fair to lads who find themselves just a bus ride from Auschwitz, a visit to the camp is now considered by many tourists to be a Holocaust "bucket list item", up there with the Anne Frank museum, where Justin Bieber recently delivered this compliment : "Anne was a great girl.
  • (4) It is widely seen as a counter to China’s economic might in Asia, and the world’s second largest economy is notably absent from the list of signatories.
  • (5) The genome characterization of the typing strains for all 13 species of the genus Staphylococcus, included into the Approval List of the Names of Bacterial (1980), is presented.
  • (6) I have heard from other workers that the list has also been provided to the law enforcement authorities,” Gain says.
  • (7) There are currently more than 380,000 households on local authority waiting lists in the capital – and the number is growing every day.
  • (8) Other Christmas favourites, including stollen, organic mince pies and Schweppes tonic will also be included among 100 seasonal products on the list of 1,000 items which shoppers can choose from over the next few months.
  • (9) The result shows that the great majority of children recorded considerably higher discrimination scores when the tests were performed with their individual hearing aids than with the test lists presented through the audiometer and the TDH-49 earphone.
  • (10) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
  • (11) Both enzyme species released 3-methyladenine, 7-methylguanine, and 3-methylguanine, listed in the order of decreasing activity.
  • (12) As Russian companies Polymetal, Polyus Gold and Evraz race to join Eurasian Natural Resources as FTSE100 companies, despite their murky practices, because of London's incredibly lax listing requirements, one future scenario is becoming clearer.
  • (13) In conjunction with the development of a computerized goal-oriented record system at Forest Hospital Des Plaines, Illinois, research staff developed a psychiatric goal list from goal statements most frequently used at the hospital.
  • (14) Superior memory for the word list was found when the odor present during the relearning session was the same one that had been present at the time of initial learning, thereby demonstrating context-dependent memory.
  • (15) July 7, 2016 Verified account A blue tick that tells you the user is either an A-list celebrity, a respected authority on an important subject or a BuzzFeed employee.
  • (16) Subjects also rated the pleasantness of 29 foods listed on a questionnaire.
  • (17) The "Dream Toys" for Christmas list includes a few old favourites alongside some new, and sparkly, additions.
  • (18) Failure to meet these deadlines, and others listed in the judgement, face a daily fine of 150,000 reais.
  • (19) Along with a lengthy list of cameos, Girls actor Gaby Hoffmann and Party Down star Martin Starr appear as former Neptune High classmates new to the Veronica Mars universe.
  • (20) At posttreatment, subjects in both active treatments reported significant improvement on self-report and interview measures of depression while subjects in the waiting list condition reported minimal change.

Roster


Definition:

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

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Jason Kreis and the unremarkable success of Real Salt Lake Read more Kreis had built a serial playoff team in Salt Lake by defining a philosophical approach to the churning personnel turnover that the league’s roster-building restrictions tend to dictate.
  • (2) Hospital employees were selected from corporate rosters provided by a major contract foodservice company.
  • (3) They not only started the season with journeyman windmill dunk specialist Gerald Green on their roster – he was one of Phoenix's starters.
  • (4) All these interacting pieces just require a tighter set of communication than we’ve ever had to do before.” With content coming in and a full roster of staff, the engineering focus shifted to testing the online infrastructure .
  • (5) What I have been trying to do is ensure when at some point we make a change in daytime for whatever reason Radio 2 will have a strong roster of alternative broadcasters many of whom are female.” But asked if the next daytime presenter would be a woman, Shennan said: “I’m not saying that.
  • (6) A ten-year examination of committee membership and turnover in individual committee membership rosters points out those committees whose rate of turnover is greatest.
  • (7) Skills needed by physicians to address and prevent our communities' leading causes of premature death--injuries, cancer, cardiovascular disease, homicide, and suicide--are not in the typical roster of medical school learning experiences.
  • (8) Hunt will argue that trainees will still be able to earn the same money as now, despite banding disappearing, by still receiving extra money from the on-call supplement, out-of-hours payments, “flexible pay premia” – financial inducements to persuade juniors to choose certain branches of medicine suffering from major shortages of doctors – additional rostered hours and the extra 11%.
  • (9) The Bolton player may end up featuring more in the Gold Cup than these World Cup qualifiers, but who knows what twists and turns lie ahead — it’s not as if a year ago anyone was anticipating Landon Donovan not being picked for a squad he was eligible for... Here’s the US roster in full: GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire) DEFENDERS: DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg) MIDFIELDERS: Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Stuart Holden (Bolton), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur), Herculez Gomez (Santos), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC) More on Belgium in a minute 12.25am BST Preamble Hello, Cleveland!
  • (10) It often fell to Woodward to defend the model publicly, insisting transfer funds were available and that the tide of cash from an ever expanding roster of sponsors would comfortably service the debt and leave money to spare.
  • (11) A mail and telephone survey was conducted to validate the roster in one such health center.
  • (12) Because passive smoking may also have other health consequences, the authors examined the effect of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke during childhood on adult risk of ulcerative colitis in a case-control study of 172 cases drawn in 1986-1987 from the rosters of North Carolina chapters of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America and 131 peer-nominated neighborhood controls.
  • (13) He's determined to impose pressure on Miami to improve roster and spend, sources say.
  • (14) Gailey spent three seasons in charge of the Bills, but the first two were spent building towards the third as the franchise began to overturn it's roster after always coming close, but failing to reach the playoffs under Dick Jauron .
  • (15) Nurse management information systems provide data on skill mix, rostering requirements, ward costs and patient dependency levels, enabling a nursing strategy to be planned for the ward.
  • (16) Cincinnati had a young roster last season and no key pieces have been removed.
  • (17) The question of what sort of an impact a hitting coach can have on a player or a roster is one that's been debated around baseball for some time.
  • (18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Craig Hodges Age: 53 Former NBA teams: Clippers, Bucks, Suns, Bulls Chicago’s former three-point specialist is the only member of the roster to sue the NBA .
  • (19) 3) Dallas Cowboys Last season: 8-8 The Cowboys have enough talent on their roster to be a play-off team.
  • (20) Preparation for the project included conversion of an unused hut into a kindergarten and construction of furniture by village men, registration of preschool children, preparation of educational materials, and organization of a kitchen and duty roster for the feeding program.