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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

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