Timing vs. Time

Timing vs. Time — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Timing and Time

Timingnoun

An occurrence or event.

Timenoun

(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.

Time stops for nobody.the ebb and flow of time

Timingnoun

The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.

Timenoun

A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.

Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.

Timingnoun

The time when something happens.

Timenoun

Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.

Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
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Timingnoun

(uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.

Timenoun

The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.

An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.

Timingnoun

(countable) An instance of recording the time of something.

Timenoun

A duration of time.

Timingnoun

the time when something happens

Timenoun

(uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.

More time is needed to complete the project.You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.Are you finished yet? Time’s up!
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Timenoun

(countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

a long time;Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.Only your best time is compared with the other competitors.The algorithm runs in O(n2) time.

Timenoun

The serving of a prison sentence.

The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.He is not living at home because he is doing time.

Timenoun

(countable) An experience.

We had a wonderful time at the party.

Timenoun

(countable) An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.

Roman times;the time of the dinosaurs

Timenoun

A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.

In my time, we respected our elders.

Timenoun

Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.

Timenoun

An instant of time.

Timenoun

(uncountable) How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.

Excuse me, have you got the time?What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock?A computer keeps time using a clock battery.

Timenoun

(countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).

it’s time for bed;it’s time to sleep;we must wait for the right time;it's time we were going

Timenoun

(countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.

at what times do the trains arrive?;these times were erroneously converted between zones

Timenoun

(countable) An instance or occurrence.

When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.see you another time;that’s three times he’s made the same mistakeOkay, but this is the last time. No more after that!

Timenoun

Closing time.

Last call: it's almost time.

Timenoun

The hour of childbirth.

Timenoun

(as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.

It was his time.

Timenoun

(countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.

Timenoun

(countable) Ratio of comparison.

your car runs three times faster than mine;that is four times as heavy as this

Timenoun

Tense.

the time of a verb

Timenoun

(music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.

common or triple time;the musician keeps good time.

Timeverb

To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.

Timeverb

To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.

The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.

Timeverb

(obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

Timeverb

(obsolete) To pass time; to delay.

Timeverb

To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

Timeverb

To measure, as in music or harmony.

Timeinterjection

(tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.

Timenoun

an instance or single occasion for some event;

this time he succeededhe called four timeshe could do ten at a clip

Timenoun

an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities);

he waited a long timethe time of year for plantinghe was a great actor is his time

Timenoun

a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something;

take time to smell the rosesI didn't have time to finishit took more than half my time

Timenoun

a suitable moment;

it is time to go

Timenoun

the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

Timenoun

the time as given by a clock;

do you know what time it is?the time is 10 o'clock

Timenoun

the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

Timenoun

a person's experience on a particular occasion;

he had a time holding back the tearsthey had a good time together

Timenoun

rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time

Timenoun

the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned;

he served a prison term of 15 monthshis sentence was 5 to 10 yearshe is doing time in the county jail

Timeverb

measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time;

he clocked the runners

Timeverb

assign a time for an activity or event;

The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene

Timeverb

set the speed, duration, or execution of;

we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely

Timeverb

regulate or set the time of;

time the clock

Timeverb

adjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time;

The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely