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Newspaper vs Quarterly - What's the difference?

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Newspaper is a related term of quarterly.


As nouns the difference between newspaper and quarterly

is that newspaper is (countable) a publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles while quarterly is a periodical publication that appears four times per year.

As a verb newspaper

is to cover with newspaper.

As an adjective quarterly is

occurring once every quarter year (three months).

As an adverb quarterly is

once every quarter year (three months).

newspaper

English

(wikipedia newspaper)

Noun

  • (countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=18 citation , passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]?  Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers ?}}
  • (uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.

    • Synonyms

    * (publication) daily (for a daily newspaper''), paper, rag (''derogatory ) * (paper on which newspapers are printed) newsprint

    Derived terms

    * newspaperdom * newspaperism

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with newspaper.
    • She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase.
  • (transitive) To engage in the business of journalism (usually used only in the gerund, newspapering)
    • He newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towms.
  • (obsolete) to harrass in newspaper articles.
    • He was newspapered out of public life.

    Usage notes

    * The harrass sense is usually in passive constructions. 1000 English basic words

    quarterly

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring once every quarter year (three months).
    • quarterly rent payments
  • (heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.
    • The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Once every quarter year (three months).

    • Noun

    (quarterlies)
  • A periodical publication that appears four times per year.