different between timeline vs duration

English

Alternative forms

• time line
• time-line

Etymology

From time +? line.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?m?la?n/

Noun

timeline (plural timelines)

1. A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future); a chronology.
2. A schedule of activities; a timetable.
3. (science fiction) Synonym of timestream
4. An individual universe or reality, especially a parallel/alternate one in which events differ from actual history, or differ from the established canon of a fictional world.

Synonyms

• (graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events): chronology
• (schedule of activities): schedule, timetable

Derived terms

• timeline therapy

Translations

Verb

timeline (third-person singular simple present timelines, present participle timelining, simple past and past participle timelined)

1. To analyse a sequence of events or activities.
2. To display such a sequence graphically.

Anagrams

• ilmenite, line item, melinite, menilite

Spanish

Noun

timeline f (plural timelines)

1. timeline

English

Etymology

From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin d?r?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dj???e??n?/, /d????e??n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d???e??n?/, /dj???e??n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

duration (countable and uncountable, plural durations)

1. An amount of time or a particular time interval.

2. (in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war

3. (finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.

Translations

See also

• Duration (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bond duration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dictionary.reference.com entry

Anagrams

• drain out

Middle French

Etymology

From late Old French duracion, borrowed from Latin d?r?ti?, d?r?ti?nem.

Noun

duration f (plural durations)

1. duration (length with respect to time)