How do journal clubs differ from student seminars?

[MathematicalPhysicist]

Iv'e seen some webpages of universities which enlist the lecturers and the topics of the lectures.

My question is how does this journal club differ from the students' seminars?

 

[Choppy]

This may be semantics.

From my experience, in a journal club, an article is selected every week or so and everyone is expected to go read that article. Someone may be assigned to give a short presentation/summary of the article, but the focus is usually round table discussion.

In a seminar class, students chose (or are assigned) a topic and prepare a more detailed presentation on a given topic. The focus will usually extend beyond a single paper. Other students are generally not responsible to research that topic.