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Serially vs Successively - What's the difference?

serially | successively |

As adverbs the difference between serially and successively

is that serially is in series, one after the other, as opposed to in parallel while successively is in a serial or successive manner; one following another.

serially

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In series, one after the other, as opposed to in parallel.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (in series) in parallel, parallelly English sequence adverbs

    successively

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In a serial or successive manner; one following another.
    • December 20, 1787' ''My last to you was of Oct. 8 by the Count de Moustier. Yours of July 18. Sep. 6. & Oct. 24. have been '''successively received, yesterday, the day before & three or four days before that. — Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison.