Chapter vs. Verse — What's the Difference?

One of the main divisions of a relatively lengthy piece of writing, such as a book, that is usually numbered or titled.

A single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry.

One of the main divisions of a video recording, usually accessible through an onscreen menu.

A division of a metrical composition, such as a stanza of a poem or hymn.

A distinct period or sequence of events, as in history or a person's life

A poem.

A local branch of an organization, such as a club or fraternity

Metrical or rhymed composition as distinct from prose; poetry.

An assembly of the canons of a church or of the members of a religious residence.

The art or work of a poet.

The canons of a church or the members of a religious residence considered as a group.

A group of poems

A short scriptural passage read after the psalms in certain church services.

Metrical writing that lacks depth or artistic merit.

(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.

A particular type of metrical composition, such as blank verse or free verse.

A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.

One of the numbered subdivisions of a chapter in the Bible.

Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)

To versify or engage in versifying.

An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.

To familiarize by study or experience

A community of canons or canonesses.

To play against (an opponent) in a competition.

A bishop's council.

A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.

A section of a social body.

Poetic form in general.

An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.

One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.

An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.

A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)

A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

(music) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

A chapter house

(obsolete) To compose verses.

A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.

(transitive) To tell in verse, or poetry.

(obsolete) A location or compartment.

To educate about, to teach about.

To divide into chapters.

To oppose, to compete against, especially in a video game.

To put into a chapter.

Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.

To use administrative procedure to remove someone.

A short division of any composition.

(transitive) To take to task.

A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

A piece of poetry.

An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.

One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.

An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.

A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

To tell in verse, or poetry.

A chapter house.

To make verses; to versify.

A decretal epistle.

Literature in metrical form

A location or compartment.

A piece of poetry

To divide into chapters, as a book.

A line of metrical text

To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.

Compose verses or put into verse;

A subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled;

Familiarize through thorough study or experience;

Any distinct period in history or in a person's life;

A local branch of some fraternity or association;

An ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church

A series of related events forming an episode;