different between sequel vs epilogue

English

Etymology

From Middle French séquelle , from Latin sequela, from sequi (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?kw?l/
• Rhymes: -i?kw?l

Noun

sequel (plural sequels)

1. (dated) The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.
2. (narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
3. (Scotland, historical) Thirlage.
4. (obsolete) A person's descendants.

Antonyms

• prequel

Coordinate terms

• midquel

Derived terms

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Polish

Etymology

From English sequel, from Middle French séquelle, from Latin sequela, from sequi (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si.kw?l/

Noun

sequel m inan

1. (narratology) sequel

Declension

Further reading

• sequel in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• sequel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Alternative forms

• epilog

Etymology

From French épilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ????????? (epilégein, “say in addition”), from ??? (epí, “in addition”) + ?????? (légein, “to say”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p.?.l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??p?l??/
• (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /??p?l??/

Noun

epilogue (plural epilogues)

1. A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
2. The performer who gives this speech
3. A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
4. (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.

Synonyms

• (short speech at the end of a play): endspeech
• (brief script at the end of a literary piece): afterword, endspeech; see also Thesaurus:afterword

Antonyms

• (short speech at the end of a play): prologue
• (brief script at the end of a literary piece): prologue; see also Thesaurus:foreword

Translations

Verb

epilogue (third-person singular simple present epilogues, present participle epiloguing, simple past and past participle epilogued)

1. (transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.

References

• epilogue in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• epilogue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• epilogue at OneLook Dictionary Search