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How do you view the two as different?

Dean said

Some people mistakenly use those terms ⬆ interchangeably, but you are
correct, Vic ... a 'Chart' is a graphical display (drawing) :

➡ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/chart

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What are called 'charts' on this site, are actually 'Tables' :

➡ http://www.differencebetween.n.....and-chart/

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But I don't think Peter will lose any sleep over it.

Dean

  

Actually, not exactly. Though it is true that charts are primarily a graphical presentation of information, it depends on the way the context of the word. I found this comment that explains it well IMO:

"Table and chart are often used interchangeably in English. Consider “Chart of Accounts,” which is a table or list of accounts. “Graph” always implies a graphic like a bar chart (bar graph). “Table” always means information (usually text) organized into rows and columns. “Chart” usually only means a graphical representation of data when preceded by an adjective like “bar chart,” “Gantt chart,” etc. When “Chart” is used on its own, it is usually synonymous with “Table.”"

I believe it is because of this lack of distinction that the confusion sometimes arises. I too had momentarily forgotten the truth of the last statement. Another example would be flip chart, one kind being just a large blank stack of papers, often hung vertically on a stand in a boardroom, used as a workspace, which can be used in whatever way desired, and is neither a table nor a chart in the usual sense.

cgouimet said

Must have a quiet day on this DST eve ...  

Careful there ⬆, Cgouimet ... some people have A Real Hard Time with DST.

... e.g. :

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Dean