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Cereal vs Serial - What's the difference?

cereal | serial |

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)
  • (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.
  • Would you like some cereal ?
  • (countable) A particular type of breakfast cereal.
  • Which cereal would you like for breakfast?

    Hyponyms

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    Derived terms

    * cereal bar * cereal dust * cereal killer * pseudocereal

    Anagrams

    * * * English eponyms ----

    serial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having to do with or arranged in a series.
  • The had a string of victims across seven states.
    He was a serial entrepreneur, always coming up with a new way to make cash.
  • Published or produced in installments.
  • Synonyms

    * (arranged in a series) sequential

    Derived terms

    * serially * serial comma * serial killer * serial music * serialize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • Go to these sites for serials , cracks and keygens.

    See also

    * twelve tone technique

    References

    * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465, Ch. 6. * * Google books: uses of serial

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