Episodic vs Periodic - What's the difference?
episodic | periodic |
relating to an episode
* 1999, The Limey (movie)
sporadic, happening infrequently and irregularly
:* Fortunately, my episodic bouts of dizziness didn't prevent me from climbing Chichen Itzá.
(literature) made up a sequence of seemingly unconnected episodes
:* I just read five attempts at episodic novels — has nobody heard of a plot anymore?
Relative to a period or periods.
Having repeated cycles.
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Occurring at regular intervals.
Periodical.
(label) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
For which any return to it must occur in multiples of time steps, for some .
(label) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
(label) Relating to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO) of iodine.
Of or derived from a periodic acid.
As adjectives the difference between episodic and periodic
is that episodic is relating to an episode while periodic is relative to a period or periods.episodic
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Alternative forms
* episodick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- When I'm not honing my craft in episodic television, I do double-duty as a voice coach.