What is the difference between series and episode?
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A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
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, title= (US, Canada) A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals
(British) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
(mathematics) The sum of the terms of a sequence.
(cricket, baseball) A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.
(zoology) An unranked taxon.
(senseid) A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
(electronics) Connected one after the other in a circuit.
An incident or action standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
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As nouns the difference between series and episode
is that series is a number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other while episode is an incident or action standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.As an adjective series
is connected one after the other in a circuit.series
English
Noun
(series)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}
Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
- Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.
Usage notes
* In the United Kingdom, television and radio programs (spelt in Commonwealth English as "programmes") are divided into series, which are usually a year long. In North America, the word "series" is a synonym of "program", and programs are divided into year-long seasons. * (mathematics) Beginning students often confuse (term) with (sequence).Synonyms
* (number of things that follow on one after the other) chain, line, sequence, stream, succession * (television or radio program) show, programDerived terms
* (media, TV) TV series * (mathematics) arithmetic series, basic hypergeometric series, confluent hypergeometric series, formal power series, geometric series, hypergeometric series, power seriesAdjective
(-)- You have to connect the lights in series for them to work properly .
Antonyms
* parallelepisode
English
(wikipedia episode)Noun
(en noun)The Norwich Victims, passage=The Attorney-General, however, had used this episode , which Martin in retrospect had felt to be a blot on the scutcheon, merely to emphasise the intelligence and resource of the prisoner.}}
TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992), work=The Onion AV Club , passage=We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan-horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience.}}
