roster vs timetable

roster

noun
  • A schedule or timetable setting out shift times and dates for each employee of a business. 

  • A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class. 

  • A bracketed list that shows the elements of a set. 

  • A list of the jobs to be done by members of an organization and often with the date/time that they are expected to do them. 

verb
  • To place the name of (a person) on a roster. 

  • To show the elements of a set by listing them inside brackets. 

timetable

noun
  • a tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures 

  • A schedule of arrivals and departures published in book or booklet form, or as a pamphlet, and available to travellers, either free or for a charge. 

verb
  • To arrange a specific time for (an event, a class, etc). 

How often have the words roster and timetable occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )