# Temporal lines vs. tables

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 6, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporal-lines-vs-tables/566662 "2011-01-06T21:23:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walmarticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporal-lines-vs-tables/566662/1 "2011-01-06T21:23:14Z")

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I used the word _timetable_ in a conversation today. I meant to say _timeline_, because it sounds less stupid. Then I started wondering, is the meaning the same regardless? Certainly, it is whenever I encounter the words. So then to what should we attribute the additional dimension of the time table?