Cereal vs Serial - What's the difference?
cereal | serial |
(countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
(uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
(uncountable) Breakfast cereal.
(countable) A particular type of breakfast cereal.
Having to do with or arranged in a series.
Published or produced in installments.
A work, as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
(computing, slang) A serial number required to activate software.
* DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465, Ch. 6.
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As nouns the difference between cereal and serial
is that cereal is a type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains while serial is a work, as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.As a proper noun Cereal
is a village in Alberta, Canada.As an adjective serial is
having to do with or arranged in a series.cereal
English
(wikipedia cereal)Noun
(en-noun)- Would you like some cereal ?
- Which cereal would you like for breakfast?
Hyponyms
*Derived terms
* cereal bar * cereal dust * cereal killer * pseudocerealExternal links
* at WikipediaAnagrams
* * * English eponyms ----serial
English
Adjective
(-)- The had a string of victims across seven states.
- He was a serial entrepreneur, always coming up with a new way to make cash.
Synonyms
* (arranged in a series) sequentialDerived terms
* serially * serial comma * serial killer * serial music * serializeNoun
(en noun)- Go to these sites for serials , cracks and keygens.
See also
* twelve tone techniqueReferences
Google books: uses of serial
