Quarterly vs. Trimester: What's the Difference?

Quarterly and Trimester Definitions
Quarterly
Made up of four parts.
Trimester
A period or term of three months.
Quarterly
Being one of four parts.
Trimester
One of three terms into which an academic year is divided in some universities and colleges.
Quarterly
Occurring or appearing at three-month intervals
A quarterly magazine.
A quarterly payment.
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Trimester
A period of three months or about three months; financial quarter.
She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
Quarterly
(Heraldry) Having four sections. Used of a shield.
Trimester
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.
Quarterly
A publication issued regularly every three months.
Trimester
A term or period of three months.
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Quarterly
An examination given regularly every three months in some colleges.
Trimester
A period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided
Quarterly
In or by quarters.
Trimester
One of three divisions of an academic year
Quarterly
Occurring once every quarter year (three months).
Quarterly rent payments
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Quarterly
(heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.
The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.
Quarterly
Once every quarter year (three months).
Quarterly
A periodical publication that appears four times per year.
Quarterly
Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.
Quarterly
Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.
Quarterly
A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.
Quarterly
By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly.
Quarterly
In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; - said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles.
Quarterly
A periodical that is published every quarter
Quarterly
Of or relating to or consisting of a quarter;
Quarterly report
Quarterly
In diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon;
Two coats of arms borne quarterly
Quarterly
In three month intervals;
Interest is compounded quarterly