Session vs. Section
Difference Between Session and Section
Sessionnoun
A period devoted to a particular activity, e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislative body (that together comprise the legislative term) whose individual meetings are also called sessions.
a training session"Are we having a recording session?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass."Sectionnoun
A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
Sessionnoun
A meeting of a council, court, school, or legislative body to conduct its business.
This court is now in session.Sectionnoun
A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
Sessionnoun
(computing) The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.
Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session.Sectionnoun
(music) A group of instruments in an orchestra.
The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn.Sessionnoun
(cricket) Any of the three scheduled two hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch, from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play.
Sectionnoun
A part of a document.
Sessionnoun
(obsolete) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
Sectionnoun
An act or instance of cutting.
Sessionnoun
(music) lang=en
Sectionnoun
A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
Sessionnoun
(education) An academic term.
Sectionnoun
(aviation) A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
Sessionverb
(music) To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.
Sectionnoun
(surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
Sessionnoun
a meeting for execution of a group's functions;
it was the opening session of the legislatureSectionnoun
(sciences) A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
Sessionnoun
the time during which a school holds classes;
they had to shorten the school termSectionnoun
(botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
Sessionnoun
a meeting devoted to a particular activity;
a filming sessiona gossip sessionSectionnoun
(zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
Sessionnoun
a meeting of spiritualists;
the seance was held in the medium's parlorSectionnoun
(military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
Sectionnoun
(category theory) A right inverse.
Sectionnoun
(NZ) A piece of residential land; a plot.
Sectionnoun
(Canadian) A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.
Sectionnoun
(geology) A sequence of rock layers.
Sectionverb
To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
Sectionverb
(British) To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
Sectionverb
To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
Sectionnoun
a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical);
he always turns first to the business sectionthe history of this work is discussed in the next sectionSectionnoun
a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope;
sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissueSectionnoun
a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people;
no section of the nation is more ardent than the Souththere are three synagogues in the Jewish sectionSectionnoun
one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object;
a section of a fishing rodmetal sections were used below groundfinished the final segment of the roadSectionnoun
a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
Sectionnoun
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole;
the written part of the examthe finance section of the companythe BBC's engineering divisionSectionnoun
a land unit of 1 square mile measuring 1 mile on a side
Sectionnoun
(geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
Sectionnoun
a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
Sectionnoun
a small army unit usually having a special function
Sectionnoun
a specialized division of a large organization;
you'll find it in the hardware departmentshe got a job in the historical section of the TreasurySectionnoun
a segment of a citrus fruit;
he ate a section of the orangeSectionnoun
the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
Sectionverb
divide into segments;
segment an orangesegment a compound word
