Serial vs. Episodic — What's the Difference?

Of, forming, or arranged in a series.

Relating to or resembling an episode.

Published or produced in installments, as a novel or television drama.

Composed of a series of episodes

Relating to such publication or production.

Limited to the duration of an episode; temporary.

Relating to or engaging in a series of similar acts or behaviors

Relating to an episode

(Music) Relating to or based on a row of tones, especially the 12 pitches of the chromatic scale.

Sporadic, happening infrequently and irregularly

Of or relating to the sequential transmission of all the bits of a byte over one wire

(literature) made up a sequence of seemingly unconnected episodes

Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations

Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious.

A work of entertainment, as in film or literature, published or produced in installments that usually contain a narrative thread or overarching theme; a series.

Of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes;

Having to do with or arranged in a series.

Occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals;

(of a person) Who performs a specified action or course of action repeatedly or regularly.

Limited in duration to a single episode;

Published or produced in installments.

(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that is habitual and ongoing.

A work, such as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.

A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.

A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.

(UK) A unit of police officers equipped with shields to tackle a riot.

(transitive) to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

Of or pertaining to rows.

A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.

A serialized set of programs;

A periodical that appears at scheduled times

In regular succession without gaps;

Pertaining to or composed in serial technique;

Pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series;

Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations;