Podcast vs. Videocast — What's the Difference?

A podcast is an episodic series of spoken word digital audio files that a user can download to a personal device for easy listening. Streaming applications and podcasting services provide a convenient and integrated way to manage a personal consumption queue across many podcast sources and playback devices.

To vodcast.

A series of digital media files distributed over the internet to which a user can subscribe by means of a syndication application.

A vodcast.

The content of one or all of the files in such a series.

To distribute a series of digital media files over the internet in a format accessible by a syndication application.

A programme, especially an audio programme, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.

(loosely) An individual episode of such a programme.

(transitive) To deliver (information) in the form of a programme, especially an audio programme, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.

(intransitive) To deliver a programme, especially an audio programme, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.