The difference between Quarters and Room

When used as nouns, quarters means ., whereas room means opportunity or scope (to do something).


Room is also adverb with the meaning: far.

Room is also verb with the meaning: to reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.

Room is also adjective with the meaning: wide.

check bellow for the other definitions of Quarters and Room

  1. Quarters as a noun:

    .

  2. Quarters as a noun (pluralonly, military):

    Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.

  3. Quarters as a noun (by extension):

    The place where someone or something lives

  4. Quarters as a noun:

    A commonly played university drinking game in North America.

  5. Quarters as a noun:

    Quarterfinals.

  1. Room as a noun (now, rare):

    Opportunity or scope (to do something).

  2. Room as a noun (uncountable):

    Space for something, or to carry out an activity.

  3. Room as a noun (archaic):

    A particular portion of space.

  4. Room as a noun (uncountable, figuratively):

    Sufficient space or do something.

  5. Room as a noun (nautical):

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

  6. Room as a noun (obsolete):

    Place; stead.

  7. Room as a noun (countable):

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

  8. Room as a noun (countable):

    With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.

    Examples:

    "Go to your room!"

  9. Room as a noun (in the plural):

    A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.

  10. Room as a noun (always, _, in the singular):

    The people in a room.

    Examples:

    "The room was on its feet."

  11. Room as a noun (mining):

    An area for working in a coal mine.

  12. Room as a noun (caving):

    A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.

  13. Room as a noun (Internet, countable):

    A forum or chat room.

    Examples:

    "Some users may not be able to access the AOL room."

  14. Room as a noun:

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

  15. Room as a noun:

    Furniture sufficient to furnish a room.

  1. Room as a verb (intransitive):

    To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.

    Examples:

    "Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street."

  2. Room as a verb (transitive):

    To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.

  1. Room as an adjective (dialectal, or, obsolete):

    Wide; spacious; roomy.

  1. Room as an adverb (dialectal, or, obsolete):

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

  2. Room as an adverb (nautical):

    Off from the wind.

  1. Room as a noun:

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