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Fourth vs Quarters - What's the difference?

fourth | quarters |

As nouns the difference between fourth and quarters

is that fourth is the person or thing in the fourth position while quarters is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective fourth

is the ordinal form of the number four.

fourth

English

(wikipedia fourth)

Adjective

(-)
  • The ordinal form of the number four.

    • Usage notes

    Abbreviations: 4th, 4th; IV

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.
  • A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
  • (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.
  • (music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

    • Synonyms

    * (quarter) fourth part, quarter, * (gear) fourth gear

    Derived terms

    * augmented fourth * diminished fourth * perfect fourth

    quarters

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (pluralonly, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=1 citation , passage=“I have visited my quarters , and find them very comfortable.
  • A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
  • quarterfinals.