Volumes vs. Series — What's the Difference?

A collection of written or printed sheets bound together; a book.

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

One of the books of a work printed and bound in more than one book.

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

A series of issues of a periodical, usually covering one calendar year.

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

A unit of written material assembled together and cataloged in a library.

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

A roll of parchment; a scroll.

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

The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space, expressed in cubic units.

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

The capacity of such a region or of a specified container, expressed in cubic units.

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.

Amount; quantity:a low volume of business; a considerable volume of lumber.

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.

OftenvolumesA large amount:volumes of praise.

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

The amplitude or loudness of a sound.

(Baseball) The World Series.

A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.

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

Plural of volume.

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

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

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

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

(zoology) An unranked taxon.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

Similar things placed in order or happening one after another;

A serialized set of programs;

A periodical that appears at scheduled times

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

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

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

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