Dateline vs Deadline

I encounter this confusion many times, in the emails, articles, blog post. A common mistake I supposed especially when English is not the native tounge. So, my public service for today...

date‧line  /ˈdeɪtˌlaɪn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[deyt-lahyn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, -lined, -lin‧ing.
–noun

1. a line giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
–verb (used with object)
2. to furnish (a news story) with a dateline: He datelines his reports Damascus.

[Origin: 1885–90; date1 + line1]
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Dateline

n 1: an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian [syn: date line, International Date Line] 2: a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch v : mark with a date and place; "dateline a newspaper article" [syn: datemark, date-mark]

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WHILE

dead‧line  /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ded-lahyn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
2. a line or limit that must not be passed.
3. (formerly) a boundary around a military prison beyond which a prisoner could not venture without risk of being shot by the guards.

[Origin: 1855–60; dead + line1]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Deadline

n : the point in time at which something must be completed

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