Difference between Serial and Series

What is the difference between Serial and Series?

Serial as an adjective is having to do with or arranged in a series. while Series as an adjective is connected one after the other in a circuit.

Serial

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having to do with or arranged in a series. Published or produced in installments.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A work, as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end. A serial number required to activate software.

Example sentence: I revere my serials. But the reality, at the same time, is that it is difficult to get a break in films. I have been unceremoniously ousted from 20-25 films because I am a serial actor.

Series

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervalsA 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.The sum of the terms of a sequence.A group of matches between two sides; the aim being to win more matches than the opposition

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Connected one after the other in a circuit.

Example sentence: Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

We hope you now know whether to use Serial or Series in your sentence.

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