Title vs Series - What's the difference?
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A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
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, chapter=1 (legal) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
A publication.
A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
(mostly, in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
(bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
A division of an act of Congress or Parliament.
(sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
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To assign a title to; to entitle.
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.
As nouns the difference between title and series
is that title is a prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also :Category:Titles while series is a number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.As a verb title
is to assign a title to; to entitle.As an adjective series is
connected one after the other in a circuit.title
English
(wikipedia title)Noun
(en noun)- With his former title greet Macbeth.
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Man City 3-2 QPR, passage=With some City fans already leaving the stadium in tears, Edin Dzeko equalised in the second of five minutes of stoppage time before Sergio Aguero scored the goal that won the title .}}
- Equally disadvantageous to Jackson was the fact that other than the Jacksonville Athletic Club and the National Sporting Club, virtually no organization was willing to sponsor a title fight between a black fighter and a white one.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* abstract of title * end titles * entitle * job title * long title * running title * short title * subtitle * supertitle * surtitle * title character * title track * Torrens title * working titleVerb
(titl)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 .