Versus

Versus, often abbreviated v., v, vs. or vs may refer to:

• situations where two parties are opposed to each other in some way, for example at a sporting event. One party is said to be versus another. Versus in this context is synonymous with "against".
• musical mash-ups, a genre of remixes where two songs are mixed together, the two artists are often said to be "vs" (e.g. Eminem vs Britney Spears)
• legal court cases, allowing court cases to be referred to as one party versus or v. another (the abbreviation vs. is seldom used in legal contexts), for example: "Smith v. Jones." See Glossary of legal terms.
• scientific graph or line charts of two real world variables. The graph is said to plot one variable "versus", or against, another.

Media

• Versus (TV channel), former name of the NBC Sports Network, a United States national sports channel
• Versus (film), a Japanese action/horror film
• Versus (journal), an Italian semiotics journal
• VS. (game show), a game show with two opposing teams
• VS (manga), Japanese manga by Keiko Yamada

Music

Albums

• Versus (EP), by Usher
• Versus (White Panda album), by The White Panda
• Versus (Kings of Convenience album)
• Versus (The Haunted album), by Swedish thrash metal/melodic death metal band The Haunted
• Versus (Mr. Children album), by Japanese band Mr. Children
• Vs. (Mission of Burma album)
• Vs. (Pearl Jam album), by Pearl Jam

Songs

• Versus, the final track on Velocifero, an album by Ladytron
• "VS" (song), the debut single by Misono

Groups

• Versus (band), an American rock band
• VS (band)

Other uses

• Versus programming language, scripting language used with Visual IRC
• VS System (pronounced "Versus System"), system used for collectible card games
• Versus populum, latin for the orientation of the clergy; literally, "facing the people", at a Roman Catholic Mass
• Versus (Versace), the diffusion line of Italian fashion house Versace

See also

• Verses (disambiguation)
• Style of cause