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Serial vs Occupation - What's the difference?

serial | occupation |

As nouns the difference between serial and occupation

is that serial is series (television or radio program) while occupation is an activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.

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

    Related terms

    * seriate * seriatim * seriation * series

    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

    Anagrams

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    occupation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
  • The act, process or state of possessing a place.
  • The control of a country or region by a hostile army.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 23 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane".}}

    Synonyms

    * (activity with which one occupies oneself) profession, vocation, interest, employment