The difference between Series and String
When used as nouns, series means a number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other, whereas string means a long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
Series is also adjective with the meaning: connected one after the other in a circuit.
String is also verb with the meaning: to put (items) on a string.
check bellow for the other definitions of Series and String
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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''."
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String as a noun (countable):
A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
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String as a noun (uncountable):
Such a structure considered as a substance.
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String as a noun (countable):
Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
Examples:
"a violin string"
"a [[bowstring bowstring]]"
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String as a noun:
A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
Examples:
"a string of shells or beads; a string of sausages"
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String as a noun (countable):
A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
Examples:
"The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive"
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String as a noun (countable):
A series of items or events.
Examples:
"a string of successes"
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String as a noun (countable):
The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
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String as a noun (countable):
In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
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String as a noun:
A group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stables.
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String as a noun (countable, computing):
An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
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String as a noun (music, countable):
A stringed instrument.
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String as a noun (music, usually in plural):
The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
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String as a noun (in the plural):
The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
Examples:
"[[no strings attached no strings attached]]"
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String as a noun (countable, physics):
The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
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String as a noun (slang):
Cannabis or marijuana.
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String as a noun:
Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
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String as a noun:
The points made in a game of billiards.
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String as a noun (billiards, pool):
The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
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String as a noun:
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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String as a noun (archaic):
A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
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String as a noun (archaic):
A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
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String as a noun (shipbuilding):
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
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String as a noun (botany):
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
Examples:
"the strings of beans"
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String as a noun (mining):
A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ure"
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String as a noun (architecture):
A stringcourse.
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String as a noun (dated, slang):
A hoax; a fake story.
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String as a verb (transitive):
To put (items) on a string.
Examples:
"You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace."
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String as a verb (transitive):
To put strings on (something).
Examples:
"It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly."
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String as a verb (intransitive):
To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.