Session vs. Forum — What's the Difference?

A meeting of an official body, especially a legislature, council, or court of law, to conduct its business

The public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city that was the assembly place for judicial activity and public business.

A period devoted to a particular activity

A public meeting place for open discussion.

The governing body of a Presbyterian Church.

A medium for open discussion or voicing of ideas, such as a newspaper, a radio or television program, or a website.

A meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the purpose of transacting business.

A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion usually among experts and often including audience participation.

A series of such meetings.

An area of legal authority; a jurisdiction.

The term or duration of time that is taken by such a series of meetings.

A court of law or tribunal.

The part of a year or of a day during which a school holds classes.

A place for discussion.

A period of time devoted to a specific activity

A gathering for the purpose of discussion.

A period devoted to a particular activity, e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislative body (that together comprise the legislative term) whose individual meetings are also called sessions.

A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.

A meeting of a council, court, school, or legislative body to conduct its business.

(Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.

(computing) The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.

(historical) A square or marketplace in a Roman town, used for public business and commerce.

(cricket) Any of the three scheduled two hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch, from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play.

A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.

(obsolete) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.

A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.

(music) jam session

A public meeting or assembly for open discussion

(education) An academic term

A public facility to meet for open discussion

(beer) An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.

A place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece

(music) To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.

The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.

The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business.

Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term.

A meeting for execution of a group's functions;

The time during which a school holds classes;

A meeting devoted to a particular activity;

A meeting of spiritualists;