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Sitcom vs Series - What's the difference?

sitcom | series |

As nouns the difference between sitcom and series

is that sitcom is a situation comedy: an episodic comedy television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation while series is a number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.

As an adjective series is

connected one after the other in a circuit.

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)."}} ----

    series

    English

    Noun

    (series)
  • A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 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.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= 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.}}
  • (US, Canada) A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals
    • Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.
  • (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.

    • 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, program

    Derived terms

    * (media, TV) TV series * (mathematics) arithmetic series, basic hypergeometric series, confluent hypergeometric series, formal power series, geometric series, hypergeometric series, power series

    Related terms

    * serial * seriate * seriation * seriatim

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (electronics) Connected one after the other in a circuit.
    • You have to connect the lights in series for them to work properly .

    Antonyms

    * parallel

    External links

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