Chapter vs. Episode

Chapter and Episode Definitions
Chapter
One of the main divisions of a relatively lengthy piece of writing, such as a book, that is usually numbered or titled.
Episode
A separate part of a serialized work, such as a novel or television series.
Chapter
One of the main divisions of a video recording, usually accessible through an onscreen menu.
Episode
A section of a classic Greek tragedy that occurs between two choric songs.
Chapter
A distinct period or sequence of events, as in history or a person's life
Steamboat travel opened a new chapter in America's exploration of the West.
Episode
An incident or event that is part of a progression or a larger sequence
"one brief, if distressing, episode in a life rich in adventures, challenges, sorrows and joys" (Elizabeth Speller).
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Chapter
A local branch of an organization, such as a club or fraternity
The Chicago chapter is admitting new members this year.
Episode
One of a series of events in the course of a narrative or drama.
Chapter
An assembly of the canons of a church or of the members of a religious residence.
Episode
(Music) A passage between statements of a main subject or theme, as in a rondo or fugue.
Chapter
The canons of a church or the members of a religious residence considered as a group.
Episode
An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.
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Chapter
A short scriptural passage read after the psalms in certain church services.
Episode
An instalment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.
I can't wait till next week’s episode.
Chapter
(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.
Episode
A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.
Chapter
A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
Episode
A happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
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Chapter
Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
Episode
A brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
Chapter
An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
Episode
A part of a broadcast serial
Chapter
A community of canons or canonesses.
Episode
Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
Chapter
A bishop's council.
Chapter
A section of a social body.
Chapter
An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
Chapter
An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.
Chapter
A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
Chapter
A chapter house
Chapter
A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
Chapter
(obsolete) A location or compartment.
Chapter
To divide into chapters.
Chapter
To put into a chapter.
Chapter
To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
Chapter
(transitive) To take to task.
Chapter
A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
Chapter
An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
Chapter
An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
Chapter
A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
Chapter
A chapter house.
Chapter
A decretal epistle.
Chapter
A location or compartment.
In his bosom! In what chapter of his bosom?
Chapter
To divide into chapters, as a book.
Chapter
To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.
Chapter
A subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled;
He read a chapter every night before falling asleep
Chapter
Any distinct period in history or in a person's life;
The industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history
The divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship
Chapter
A local branch of some fraternity or association;
He joined the Atlanta chapter
Chapter
An ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
Chapter
A series of related events forming an episode;
A chapter of disasters