Quarterly vs. Trimester

Difference Between Quarterly and Trimester
Quarterlyadjective
Occurring once every quarter year (three months).
quarterly rent paymentsTrimesternoun
A period of three months or about three months; quarter.
She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.Quarterlyadjective
(heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.
The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.Trimesternoun
One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.
The school operates on a trimester schedule.Quarterlyadverb
Once every quarter year (three months).
Trimesternoun
a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided
Quarterlynoun
A periodical publication that appears four times per year.
Trimesternoun
one of three divisions of an academic year
Quarterlynoun
a periodical that is published every quarter
Quarterlyadjective
of or relating to or consisting of a quarter;
quarterly reportQuarterlyadverb
in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon;
two coats of arms borne quarterlyQuarterlyadverb
in three month intervals;
interest is compounded quarterly