The difference between Row and Series
When used as nouns, row means a line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc, whereas series means a number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
Row is also verb with the meaning: to propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
Series is also adjective with the meaning: connected one after the other in a circuit.
check bellow for the other definitions of Row and Series
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Row as a noun:
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
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Row as a noun:
A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
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Row as a noun (weightlifting):
An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
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Row as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive, nautical):
To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
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Row as a verb (transitive):
To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
Examples:
"to row the captain ashore in his barge"
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Row as a verb (intransitive):
To be moved by oars.
Examples:
"The boat rows easily."
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Row as a noun:
A noisy argument.
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Row as a noun:
A continual loud noise.
Examples:
"Who's making that row?"
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Row as a verb (intransitive):
to argue noisily
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Series as a noun:
A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
Examples:
"synonyms: chain line sequence stream succession Thesaurus:sequence"
"A series of seemingly inconsequential events led cumulatively to the fall of the company."
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Series as a noun (broadcasting, US, Canada):
A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals
Examples:
"synonyms: show program"
"“Friends” was one of the most successful television series in recent years."
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Series as a noun (broadcasting, British):
A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
Examples:
"synonyms: [[season]] q North America"
"The third series of “Friends” aired from 1996 to 1997."
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Series as a noun (mathematics):
The sequence of partial sums \sum_{i=1}^n{a_i} of a given sequence ai.
Examples:
"The harmonic series has been much studied."
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Series as a noun (cricket, baseball):
A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.
Examples:
"The Blue Jays are playing the Yankees in a four-game series."
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Series as a noun (zoology):
An unranked taxon.
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Series as a noun (botany):
A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
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Series as a noun (commerce):
A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
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Series as a noun (phonology):
A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.
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Series as an adjective (electronics):
Connected one after the other in a circuit.
Examples:
"You have to connect the lights in series for them to work properly''."