Gig vs. Session — What's the Difference?

A light, two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse.

A meeting of an official body, especially a legislature, council, or court of law, to conduct its business

A long light ship's boat, usually reserved for use by the ship's captain.

A period devoted to a particular activity

A fast light rowboat.

The governing body of a Presbyterian Church.

An object that whirls.

A meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the purpose of transacting business.

(Games)A three-digit selection in a numbers game.

A series of such meetings.

An arrangement of barbless hooks that is dragged through a school of fish to hook them in their bodies.

The term or duration of time that is taken by such a series of meetings.

A pronged spear for fishing or catching frogs.

The part of a year or of a day during which a school holds classes.

A demerit given in the military.

A period of time devoted to a specific activity

A job, especially a booking for musicians.

A period devoted to a particular activity, e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislative body (that together comprise the legislative term) whose individual meetings are also called sessions.

A gigabyte.

A meeting of a council, court, school, or legislative body to conduct its business.

To ride in a gig.

(computing) The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.

To fish for or catch with a gig.

(cricket) Any of the three scheduled two hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch, from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play.

To catch a fish or frog with a gig.

(obsolete) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.

To give a military demerit to.

(music) jam session

To work as a musician

(education) An academic term

Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; a job or role for a performer.

(beer) An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.

(by extension) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.

(music) To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.

A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.

The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.

Clipping of gigabyte

The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business.

Any unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.

Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term.

(obsolete) A top which is made to spin by tying a piece of string around it and then throwing it so that the string unwinds rapidly; a whipping-top.

A meeting for execution of a group's functions;

)|archaic|or|dialectal}} A person with an odd appearance; also, a foolish person.

The time during which a school holds classes;

Senses relating to enjoyment.

A meeting devoted to a particular activity;

Fun; frolics.

A meeting of spiritualists;

(obsolete) A fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke.

Senses relating to vehicles.

(watercraft)

A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.

(obsolete) A frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot.

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(transitive)

(music) To play (a musical instrument) at a gig.

To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.

(intransitive)

To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.

(by extension) To work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.

(transitive) To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.

(intransitive) Sometimes followed by it: to ride in a horse]].

(transitive) To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.

(intransitive) To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.

A fiddle.

A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.

A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.

A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.

A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.

A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.

A job for a specified, usually short period of time; - used especially for the temporary engagements of an entertainer, such as a jazz musician or a rock group; as, a one-week gig in Las Vegas.

To engender.

To fish with a gig.

Long and light rowing boat; especially for racing

An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

A cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting

Tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain

Small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood

A booking for musicians;