double date vs timing

double date

• A (romantic) date that two couples go on together. 

• To go on a double date. 

timing

• The time when something happens. 

• The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine. 

• 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. 

• An instance of recording the time of something.