Due vs. Deadline
Difference Between Due and Deadline
Dueadjective
Owed or owing.
He is due four weeks of back pay.The amount due is just three quid.The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars.He can wait for the amount due him.Deadlinenoun
A date on or before which something must be completed.
I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me!Dueadjective
Appropriate.
With all due respect, you're wrong about that.Deadlinenoun
(archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
Dueadjective
Scheduled; expected.
Rain is due this afternoon.The train is due in five minutes.When is your baby due?Deadlinenoun
(archaic) A line that does not move. en
Dueadjective
Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
The baby is just about due.Deadlinenoun
(archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.
Dueadjective
Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.Deadlineverb
(military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.
Dueadjective
On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass
The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.Deadlinenoun
the point in time at which something must be completed
Dueadverb
(used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.
The river runs due north for about a mile.Duenoun
Deserved acknowledgment.
Give him his due — he is a good actor.Duenoun
(in plural dues) A membership fee.
Duenoun
That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
Duenoun
Right; just title or claim.
Duenoun
that which is deserved or owed;
give the devil his dueDuenoun
a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership);
the society dropped him for non-payment of duesDueadjective
owed and payable immediately or on demand;
payment is dueDueadjective
proper and appropriate; fitting;
richly deserved punishmentdue esteemDueadjective
scheduled to arrive;
the train is due in 15 minutesDueadjective
suitable to or expected in the circumstances;
all due respectdue cause to honor thema long due promotionin due courseDueadjective
reasonable in the circumstances;
gave my comments due considerationexercising due careDueadverb
directly or exactly; straight;
went due North
