Chapter vs. Episode

Chapter vs. Episode — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Chapter and Episode

Chapternoun

(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.

Episodenoun

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.

Chapternoun

A section of a social or religious body.

Episodenoun

An instalment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.

I can't wait till next week’s episode.

Chapternoun

An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.

Episodenoun

a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events

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Chapternoun

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.

Episodenoun

a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series

Chapternoun

A community of canons or canonesses.

Episodenoun

a part of a broadcast serial

Chapternoun

A bishop's council.

Episodenoun

film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

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Chapternoun

An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.

Chapternoun

A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

Chapternoun

A chapter house.

Chapternoun

A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.

Chapternoun

A decretal epistle.

Chapternoun

(obsolete) A location or compartment.

Chapterverb

To divide into chapters.

Chapterverb

To put into a chapter.

Chapterverb

To use administrative procedure to remove someone.

Chapterverb

(transitive) To take to task.

Chapternoun

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled;

he read a chapter every night before falling asleep

Chapternoun

any distinct period in history or in a person's life;

the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British historythe divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship

Chapternoun

a local branch of some fraternity or association;

he joined the Atlanta chapter

Chapternoun

an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church

Chapternoun

a series of related events forming an episode;

a chapter of disasters