Sitcom vs. Series

Sitcomnoun

a situation comedy

Sitcom

A sitcom, clipping for situational comedy (situation comedy in the U.S.), is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience.

Seriesnoun

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

Seriesnoun

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

Seriesnoun

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.

Seriesnoun

(mathematics) The sequence of partial sums \sum_{i=1}^n{a_i} of a given sequence ai.

Seriesnoun

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

Seriesnoun

(zoology) An unranked taxon.

Seriesnoun

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

Seriesnoun

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

Seriesnoun

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

Seriesadjective

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

Seriesnoun

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.

Seriesnoun

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

Seriesnoun

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.

Seriesnoun

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.

Seriesnoun

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.

Seriesnoun

A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

Seriesnoun

similar things placed in order or happening one after another;

Seriesnoun

a serialized set of programs;

Seriesnoun

a periodical that appears at scheduled times

Seriesnoun

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

Seriesnoun

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

Seriesnoun

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

Seriesnoun

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