List is an access pattern, like a queue or deque. Linked lists are a data representation using a couple of pointers. It's like the difference between a graph a

List is an access pattern, like a queue or deque. Linked lists are a data representation using a couple of pointers. It's like the difference between a graph and an adjacency list or matrix. A list being a linked list is an implementation detail. At least to me. Mostly because linked lists are in general, awful ways to store data.