different between quarterly vs chronicle

English

Etymology

quarter +? -ly

Adjective

quarterly (not comparable)

1. Occurring once every quarter year (three months).

   quarterly rent payments

2. (heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

   The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.

Translations

Adverb

quarterly (not comparable)

1. Once every quarter year (three months).

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Noun

quarterly (plural quarterlies)

1. A periodical publication that appears four times per year.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English cronicle, cronycle, from Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek ???????? (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from ?????? (khrónos, “time”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??n?k?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kr?n?kl?/
• Hyphenation: chron?i?cle

Noun

chronicle (plural chronicles)

1. A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

Usage notes

• Often used in the title of a newspaper, as in Pennsylvania Chronicle.

Synonyms

• (account of events and when they happened): annals, archives, chronicon, diary, history, journal, narration, prehistory, recital, record, recountal, register, report, story, version

Related terms

• chronicler
• Chronicles
• chronist; Chronist; chronistically
• chronistic; Chronistic
• chronology; chronological

Translations

Verb

chronicle (third-person singular simple present chronicles, present participle chronicling, simple past and past participle chronicled)

1. To record in or as in a chronicle.

Synonyms

• (record in a chronicle): record