Index and Table

Index

Index noun - An arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information.
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Synonyms for Index

Table is a synonym for index. In some cases you can use "Table" instead a noun "Index".

Nearby Words: indexed, indexing, indexation, indexable

Table

Table noun - A record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system.
Usage example: the periodic table of chemical elements

Index is a synonym for table in catalogue topic. You can use "Index" instead a noun "Table", if it concerns topics such as diagram with columns of information.

Nearby Words: tablet, tabling, tabled, tabular, tableful

How words are described

old old index old table
good good index good table
full full index full table
complete complete index complete table
Other adjectives: separate, original, single, actual, entire, large, enormous, little, tiny, main, new, smaller, last, different, handy, lengthy.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / L.A. Confidential The writers actually wrote every plot point on index cards and laid them all on a table, so that whenever they took something out, they could try to rearrange everything else until it all made sense again.
  • Fingore In one of the show's goriest moments, Beavis gets his index finger cut off while playing with a table saw in wood shop.
    Source: Fingore
  • The index namer is from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Cause and Effect", where Data deals cards at a poker game and everyone at the table correctly predicts which cards they'll receive.
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