Quarter vs. Room — What's the Difference?

Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided

In a building, a room is any space enclosed within a number of walls to which entry is possible only by a door or other dividing structure that connects it either to a passageway, to another room, or to the outdoors, that is large enough for several persons to move about, and whose size, fixtures, furnishings, and sometimes placement within the building support the activity to be conducted in it.

One fourth of a pound weight (avoirdupois, equal to 4 ounces).

A space that is or may be occupied

The haunches or hindquarters of a horse

An area separated by walls or partitions from other similar parts of the structure or building in which it is located

A part of a town or city having a particular character or use

The people present in such an area

The direction of one of the points of the compass, especially as a direction from which the wind blows.

Rooms Living quarters; lodgings.

Rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to people in military or domestic service

Suitable opportunity or scope

Pity or mercy shown towards an enemy or opponent who is in one's power

To occupy a room; lodge.

Each of four or more roughly equal divisions of a shield separated by vertical and horizontal lines.

Opportunity or scope (to do something).

Divide into four equal or corresponding parts

(uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.

Be stationed or lodged in a specified place

(archaic) A particular portion of space.

Range over or traverse (an area) in every direction

Sufficient space for or to do something.

Display (different coats of arms) in quarters of a shield, especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer's family

(nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.

One of four equal parts.

(obsolete) Place; stead.

A coin equal to one fourth of the dollar of the United States and Canada.

(countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.

One fourth of an hour; 15 minutes.

(One's) bedroom.

One fourth of a year; three months

(in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.

An academic term lasting approximately three months.

The people in a room.

One fourth of the period of the moon's revolution around Earth.

(mining) An area for working in a coal mine.

One of the two phases of the moon at which the moon, as viewed from Earth, appears to be half illuminated by the sun. The quarter phases mark the quarter and three-quarter points of the moon's revolution about the Earth.

(caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.

(Sports) One of four equal periods of playing time into which some games, such as football and basketball, are divided.

An IRC or chat room.

One fourth of a yard; nine inches.

Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.

One fourth of a mile; two furlongs.

A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room.

One fourth of a pound; four ounces.

(intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.

One fourth of a ton; 500 pounds. Used as a measure of grain.

(transitive) To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.

Chiefly British A measure of grain equal to approximately eight bushels.

Wide; spacious; roomy.

One fourth of a hundredweight; 25 pounds.

Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.

One fourth of a British hundredweight; 28 pounds.

(nautical) Off from the wind.

One of the four major divisions of the compass.

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room.

One fourth of the distance between any two of the 32 divisions of the compass.

A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.

One of the four major divisions of the horizon as determined by the four major points of the compass.

Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.

A region or an area of the earth thought of as falling into such a specific division of the compass.

Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.

(Nautical) The general direction on either side of a ship located 45° off the stern.

Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.

The upper portion of the after side of a ship, usually between the aftermost mast and the stern.

To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.

The part of a yard between the slings and the yardarm.

Spacious; roomy.

(Heraldry) Any of four equal divisions of a shield.

An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling;

One leg of an animal's carcass, usually including the adjoining parts.

Space for movement;

Either side of a horse's hoof.

Opportunity for;

The part of the side of a shoe between the heel and the vamp.

The people who are present in a room;

Quarters A place of residence, especially the buildings or barracks used to house military personnel or their dependents.

Live and take one's meals at or in;

Often quarters A proper or assigned station or place, as for officers and crew on a warship.

Often Quarter A specific district or section, as of a city

Often quarters An unspecified person or group

Mercy or clemency, especially when displayed or given to an enemy.

Being one of four equal or equivalent parts.

Being one fourth of a standard or usual value.

To divide into four equal or equivalent parts.

To quartersaw.

To divide or separate into a number of parts.

To dismember (a human body) into four parts.

(Heraldry) To divide (a shield) into four equal areas with vertical and horizontal lines.

To mark or place (holes, for example) a fourth of a circle apart.

To locate and adjust (one machine part) at right angles to its connecting part within the machine.

To furnish with housing

To traverse (an area of ground) laterally back and forth while slowly advancing forward.

To take up or be assigned lodgings.

To cover an area of ground by ranging over it from side to side.

A fourth part of something.

(in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.

A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.

A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.

(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.

A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.

A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.

(time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.

A fourth part of a hundredweight.

(heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.

(North America) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.

(sport) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.

A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.

Place or position.

A region or place.

Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.

A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.

One's residence or dwelling-place; in plural rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.

A topic or area of endeavour.

(nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.

(farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.

(often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.

(obsolete) Relations between people.

Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.

Short forms.

A quarterback.

A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.

A quarterfinal.

Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.

(chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (4, 25%).

(chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.

(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.

(transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.

(intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

(transitive) To quartersaw.

(obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.

A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.

Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.

A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.

Friendship; amity; concord.

To divide into four equal parts.

To divide; to separate into parts or regions.

To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers.

To furnish as a portion; to allot.

To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms.

To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.

One of four equal parts;

A district of a city having some distinguishing character;

One of four periods of play into which some games are divided;

A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour;

One of four periods into which the school year is divided;

A fourth part of a year; three months;

One of the four major division of the compass;

A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)

A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)

A United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar;

An unspecified person;

The rear part of a ship

Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp

Provide housing for (military personnel)

Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;

Divide into quarters;

Divide by four; divide into quarters