Anecdote vs Episode - What's the difference?
anecdote | episode |
A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
A previously untold secret account of an incident.
An incident or action standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
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As nouns the difference between anecdote and episode
is that anecdote is a short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting while episode is an incident or action standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.anecdote
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(wikipedia anecdote)Alternative forms
* anecdota * anecdoton (Grecian) * anecdotumNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* anecdotage * anecdotal * anecdotalism * anecdotally * anecdotard * anecdotarian * anecdoter * anecdotic * anecdotical * anecdotish (rare) * anecdotist * anecdotive (rare) * anecdotographerepisode
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(wikipedia episode)Noun
(en noun)The Norwich Victims, passage=The Attorney-General, however, had used this episode , which Martin in retrospect had felt to be a blot on the scutcheon, merely to emphasise the intelligence and resource of the prisoner.}}
TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992), work=The Onion AV Club , passage=We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan-horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience.}}