Case and Episode

Case

Case noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

Episode is a synonym for case in event topic. In some cases you can use "Episode" instead a noun "Case", when it comes to topics like incident, affair.

Nearby Words: cased, casing, casework

Episode

Episode noun - Something that happens.
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Synonyms for Episode

Case is a synonym for episode in event topic. Sometimes you can use "Case" instead a noun "Episode", if it concerns topics such as affair.

Nearby Words: episodic, episodically

How words are described

special special case special episode
particular particular case particular episode
similar similar case similar episode
original original case original episode
Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, serious, bad, infamous, new, early, final, later, worst, odd, next, last, latter, recent, earlier, previous, fifth.

Both words in one sentence

  • Even the Fonz caught a case of tonsillitis in the Happy Days episode (with the Incredibly Lame Pun), "Fonsillectomy." What makes that episode all the more jarring is the series Continuity Error.
  • In the episode, "Acme Cable TV", Buster and Babs come down with a case of the "Tiawan Flu", thus cancelling their original plans for the episode.
    Source: Sick Episode
  • Bart also has a case of this in one episode where he's allergic to shrimp, but the allergy is never mentioned before or after the episode.
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Episode and Case. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/case/episode
Case & Episode. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/case/episode>.
Episode or Case. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/case/episode.
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