Season vs. Series — What's the Difference?

A set or sequence of related television programmes; a series

A number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession.

A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of Earth's orbit around the Sun and Earth's axial tilt relative to the ecliptic plane.

A set of stamps, coins, or currency issued in a particular period.

Each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.

Physics & Chemistry A group of objects related by linearly varying successive differences in form or configuration

A period when a female mammal is ready to mate

(Mathematics) The sum of a sequentially ordered finite or infinite set of terms.

Add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food)

(Geology) A group of rock formations closely related in time of origin and distinct as a group from other formations.

Make (wood) suitable for use as timber by adjusting its moisture content to that of the environment in which it will be used

(Grammar) A succession of coordinate elements in a sentence.

One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.

A succession of publications that present an extended narrative, such as a comic book series, or that have similar subjects or similar formats, such as a series of cookbooks.

The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.

A succession of individual programs presented as parts of a unified whole, such as the set of episodes of a television show or a podcast.

A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops

(Sports) A number of games played by the same two teams, often in succession.

A suitable, natural, or convenient time

(Baseball) The World Series.

A period of time

(Linguistics) A set of vowels or diphthongs related by ablaut, as in sing, sang, sung, and song.

To improve or enhance the flavor of (food) by adding salt, spices, herbs, or other flavorings.

A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.

To add zest, piquancy, or interest to

(broadcasting) A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals

To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.

(mathematics) The sequence of partial sums $\backslash sum\_\{i=1\}^n\{a\_i\}$ of a given sequence a_i.

To render competent through trial and experience

A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.

To accustom or inure; harden

(zoology) An unranked taxon.

To moderate; temper.

(botany) A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.

To become usable, competent, or tempered.

(commerce) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter

(phonology) A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.

A part of a year when something particular happens.

(electronics) Connected one after the other in a circuit, in series.

A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events.

(cricket) The period over which a series of Test matches are played.

Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.

(obsolete) That which gives relish; seasoning.

In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some writers, and to the order of many modern systematists.

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.

An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.

(archaic) An extended, undefined period of time.

A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current; - opposed to parallel. The parts so arranged are said to be in series.

(video games) The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.

A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

(video games) A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.

Similar things placed in order or happening one after another;

(transitive) To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.

A serialized set of programs;

To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.

A periodical that appears at scheduled times

(intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.

(sports) several contests played successively by the same teams;

(intransitive) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.

A group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection;

(transitive) To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.

(mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions

(obsolete) To impregnate (literally or figuratively).

(electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other;

(transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alterations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, - the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, - the dry and the rainy.

Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest.

A period of time not very long; a while; a time.

That which gives relish; seasoning.

To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.

To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.

Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.

To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.

Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable.

To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper.

To imbue; to tinge or taint.

To copulate with; to impregnate.

To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.

To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun.

To give token; to savor.

A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field;

One of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions;

A recurrent time marked by major holidays;

Lend flavor to;

Make fit;

Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate;