Cession or session?
cession is a noun meaning “That which is ceded”; session is a noun meaning “A period of time devoted to a particular activity”. They sound the same (/ˈsɛʃən/). In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) session is about 200 times as common as cession.
What is the difference between cession and session?
| cession | session | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Meaning | That which is ceded A risk, or part of one, which is transferred from one actor to another | A period of time devoted to a particular activity An official meeting or term of a council, court, or other body to conduct its business; e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislature (that together… To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians |
| Example | The reinsurance company accepted a 25% cession from the direct insurer | counseling session |
| Forms | cessions | sessions |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɛʃən/ | /ˈsɛ.ʃən/ |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words | 52 times per million words |
Sources: cession and session in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of cession and session
cession
- 1
That which is ceded
- 2
A risk, or part of one, which is transferred from one actor to another
The reinsurance company accepted a 25% cession from the direct insurer
- 3
The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to
session
- 1
A period of time devoted to a particular activity
counseling session
- 2
To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians
- 3
An official meeting or term of a council, court, or other body to conduct its business; e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislature (that together comprise the legislative term), whose…
This court is now in session
- 4
The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected
Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session
- 5
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
- 6
Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music
- 7
An academic term; semester; school year
- 8
An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, cession or session?
cession appears about once in every 4 million words; session 52 times per million words.
cession about once in every 4 million wordssession 52 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).