Due vs. Deadline

Due vs. Deadline — Is There a Difference?
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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

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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

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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 due

Duenoun

a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership);

the society dropped him for non-payment of dues

Dueadjective

owed and payable immediately or on demand;

payment is due

Dueadjective

proper and appropriate; fitting;

richly deserved punishmentdue esteem

Dueadjective

scheduled to arrive;

the train is due in 15 minutes

Dueadjective

suitable to or expected in the circumstances;

all due respectdue cause to honor thema long due promotionin due course

Dueadjective

reasonable in the circumstances;

gave my comments due considerationexercising due care

Dueadverb

directly or exactly; straight;

went due North