Sequence and succession apply to events viewed as following one another; time and duration denote something conceived of as enduring while events take place and acts are done.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

string Tom rolled up the string and put it in his pocket.
succession They won the Japan Cup three years in succession.
progression Evolution is not progression, but adaptation.
episode Have you seen the latest episode of that TV show?
chow Boris's Chow barks all the time at the attic.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
sequence		steady
string		rising
succession		falling
progression		rising
concatenation		rising
episode		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: row¹
4 letters: line¹, chow¹
5 letters: order², train¹, chain¹, array²
6 letters: course¹, series², result², string¹, sequel²
7 letters: episode³, routine²
9 letters: following³
10 letters: succession³, continuity⁵, procession³
11 letters: arrangement³, consequence³, progression³, consecution
12 letters: continuation⁵, posteriority
13 letters: concatenation⁵
14 letters: successiveness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: séquence
Deutsch: Sequenz