Table vs. Chart

Table (noun)

Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.

Table (noun)

An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.

Table (noun)

A flat tray which can be used as a table.

Table (noun)

The lineup of players at a given table.

“That’s the strongest table I’ve ever seen at a European Poker Tour event”

Table (noun)

A group of people at a table, for example for a meal or game.

Table (noun)

A two-dimensional presentation of data.

Table (noun)

A service of Holy Communion.

Table (noun)

A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.

Table (noun)

A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.

“The children were practising multiplication tables.”

“Don’t you know your tables?”

“Here is a table of natural logarithms.”

Table (noun)

A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.

Table (noun)

The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.

Table (noun)

One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.

Table (noun)

The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.

Table (verb)

To tabulate; to put into a table or grid. from 15th c.

“to table fines”

Table (verb)

To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed. from 15th c.

Table (verb)

To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict. 17th–19th c.

Table (verb)

To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda. from 17th c.

Table (verb)

To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something. from 19th c.

“The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.”

“The motion was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date.”

Table (verb)

To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks. 18th–19th c.

Table (verb)

To put on a table. from 19th c.

Table (verb)

To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.

Chart (noun)

A map.

Chart (noun)

A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.

Chart (noun)

A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.

Chart (noun)

A navigator’s map.

Chart (noun)

A tabular presentation of data; a table.

Chart (noun)

A diagram.

Chart (noun)

A graph.

Chart (noun)

A record of a patient’s diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.

“I snuck a look at his chart. It doesn’t look good.”

Chart (noun)

A written deed; a charter.

Chart (noun)

A subspace of a manifold used as part of an atlas

Chart (verb)

To draw a chart or map of.

Chart (verb)

To draw or figure out (a route or plan).

“Let’s chart how we’re going to get from here to there.”

“We are on a course for disaster without having charted it.”

Chart (verb)

To record systematically.

Chart (verb)

To appear on a hit-recording chart.

“The song has charted for 15 weeks!”

“The band first charted in 1994.”

Table (noun)

a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface for eating, writing, or working at

“she put the plate on the table”

“he rang the restaurant to book a table for lunch”

Table (noun)

food provided in a restaurant or household

“he was reputed to have the finest French table of the time”

Table (noun)

a group seated at table for a meal

“the whole table was in gales of laughter”

Table (noun)

a meeting place or forum for formal discussions held to settle an issue or dispute

“the negotiating table”

Table (noun)

the dummy hand (which is exposed on the table).

Table (noun)

a set of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns

“the population has grown, as shown in table 1”

Table (noun)

a list of rivals or competitors showing their positions relative to one another; a league table

“the team’s slide down the First Division table”

Table (noun)

multiplication tables

“children at the school have spelling tests and learn their tables”

Table (noun)

a collection of data stored in memory as a series of records, each defined by a unique key stored with it.

Table (noun)

a flat, typically rectangular, vertical surface; a panel.

Table (noun)

a horizontal moulding, especially a cornice.

Table (noun)

a slab of wood or stone bearing an inscription.

Table (noun)

a flat surface of a gem.

Table (noun)

a cut gem with two flat faces.

Table (noun)

each half or quarter of a folding board for backgammon.

Table (verb)

present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting

“more than 200 amendments to the bill have already been tabled”

Table (verb)

postpone consideration of

“I’d like the issue to be tabled for the next few months”

Table (verb)

strengthen (a sail) by making a hem at the edge.

Chart (noun)

a sheet of information in the form of a table, graph, or diagram

“the doctor recorded her blood pressure on a chart”

Chart (noun)

a weekly listing of the current bestselling pop records

“she topped the charts for eight weeks”

Chart (noun)

a geographical map or plan, especially one used for navigation by sea or air

“a chart of the English coast”

Chart (noun)

a circular map showing the positions of the planets in the twelve houses at the time of someone’s birth, from which astrologers are said to be able to deduce their character or potential.

Chart (verb)

make a map of (an area)

“Cook charted the coasts and waters of New Zealand”

Chart (verb)

plot (a course) on a chart

“the pilot found his craft taking a route he had not charted”

Chart (verb)

record the progress or development of

“the poems chart his descent into madness”

“a major series charting the history of country music”

Chart (verb)

(of a record) sell enough copies to enter the music charts at a particular position

“the record will probably chart at about No. 74”