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

  1. Row as a noun:

    A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.

  2. 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.

  1. Row as a noun (weightlifting):

    An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.

  1. Row as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive, nautical):

    To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.

  2. Row as a verb (transitive):

    To transport in a boat propelled with oars.

    Examples:

    "to row the captain ashore in his barge"

  3. Row as a verb (intransitive):

    To be moved by oars.

    Examples:

    "The boat rows easily."

  1. Row as a noun:

    A noisy argument.

  2. Row as a noun:

    A continual loud noise.

    Examples:

    "Who's making that row?"

  1. Row as a verb (intransitive):

    to argue noisily

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

  4. 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."

  5. 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."

  6. Series as a noun (zoology):

    An unranked taxon.

  7. Series as a noun (botany):

    A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.

  8. Series as a noun (commerce):

    A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

  9. Series as a noun (phonology):

    A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.

  1. 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''."