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Sitcom vs Serial - What's the difference?

sitcom | serial |

As nouns the difference between sitcom and serial

is that sitcom is a situation comedy: an episodic comedy television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation or sitcom can be while serial is series (television or radio program).

sitcom

English

Etymology 1

From ; situation comedy.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A situation comedy: an episodic comedy television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation.

    • Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1992 , author=Earl G. Hunt, Jr. , title=Recovering the Sacred: Papers From the Sanctuary and the Academy , isbn=0963130803 , publisher=Jonathan Creek Press , page=254 , passage="Today we have Grumps'' (grim, ruthless, upwardly mobile professionals), ''Dinks'' (those with dual-income, no kids), ''Sitcoms'' (those with single-income, two children, outrageous mortgages); and, just to recognize the graying populace in this country, ''Opals (older people with active lifestyles)."}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1993 , author=Daniel Moreau , title=Kiplinger's Facing Forty: How to Deal Successfully with the Changes in Your Life , isbn=0938721240 , publisher=Kiplinger Books , page=7 , passage="There are MINKs (multiple income, no kids) and what may be the acronym of the '90s, SITCOMs (single income, two children, outrageous mortgage)."}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2003 , author=Judith Sealander , title=The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century , isbn=0521535689 , publisher=Cambridge University Press , page=12 , passage="By the end of the 1990s, in some circles, parents had become SITCOMS (single income, two children, oppressive mortgage) and those without children were THINKERS (two healthy incomes, no kids, early retirement)."}} ----

    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

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