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Trimester vs Semester - What's the difference?

trimester | semester |

Semester is a coordinate term of trimester.



As nouns the difference between trimester and semester

is that trimester is a period of three months or about three months while semester is half of a school year or academic year such as fall or spring semester.

trimester

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A period of three months or about three months.
    • She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
  • 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.

    Coordinate terms

    * (term of an academic year) quarter, semester

    Holonyms

    * (term of academic year) academic year

    Hypernyms

    * (term of academic year) term

    Anagrams

    * *

    semester

    English

    (Academic term)

    Alternative forms

    * semestre (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as fall or spring semester.
    • I will graduate at the end of the spring semester .
  • A period or term of six months.

    • See also

    * term * trimester * half-year ----