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Session vs Clinic - What's the difference?

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In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between session and clinic

is that session is (obsolete) the act of sitting, or the state of being seated while clinic is (obsolete) one confined to bed by sickness.

As nouns the difference between session and clinic

is that session is a period devoted to a particular activity while clinic is a medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.

session

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A period devoted to a particular activity.
    • a training session
    "Are we having a recording session'''?" / "Yes. We've even got some '''session musicians to provide some brass."
  • *
  • A meeting of a council, court, or legislative body to conduct its business.
    • This court is now in session .
  • (computing) The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.
    • Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session .
  • (cricket) Any of the three scheduled two hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch, from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play.
  • (obsolete) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
  • * Hooker
    • So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.
  • * Tennyson
    • But Vivien, gathering somewhat of his mood, / Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood.

    Derived terms

    * bull session * session ale, session beer, session bitter * sessionless

    Anagrams

    * ----

    clinic

    English

    (wikipedia clinic)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
  • A group practice of several physicians.
  • A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
  • A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
  • (wrestling) A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
  • (obsolete) One confined to bed by sickness.
  • (obsolete) One who receives baptism on a sickbed.
    • (Hook)
  • (medicine, obsolete) A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * abortion clinic * clinical * clinically * clinician * dental clinic

    Related terms

    * clinal * cline

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