Episode and Section

Episode

Episode noun - A brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series.
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Synonyms for Episode

Section is a synonym for episode in instalment topic. In some cases you can use "Section" instead a noun "Episode", when it comes to topics like adventure, serialized story.

Nearby Words: episodic, episodically

Section

Section noun - An area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature.

Episode is a synonym for section in subdivision topic. Sometimes you can use "Episode" instead a noun "Section", if it concerns topics such as serialized story.

How words are described

special special episode special section
long long episode long section
particular particular episode particular section
middle middle episode middle section
Other adjectives: short, following, complete, certain, single, entire, tiny, infamous, animated, new, early, final, later, next, last, different, said, previous.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Walking with Dinosaurs Bookends: The final section of the third episode, covering the early Triassic, has similar creatures to the first Walking with Dinosaurs episode, which covered the late Triassic.
  • Circus Episode In addition to the adaptation of "Henry and the Elephant" (see the Literature section), Thomas the Tank Engine also has the episode, "Thomas and the Circus".
  • Number of the Beast The Treehouse of Horror part of one episode had Lisa and Bart going through the occult section of a library.
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