Daily vs Diary - What's the difference?
daily | diary |
quotidian, that occurs every day, or at least every working day
* Bible, Matthew vi. 11
* Macaulay
* Milton
diurnal, by daylight, as opposed to nightly
quotidianly, every day
diurnally, by daylight
a newspaper that is published every day.
(UK) a cleaner who comes in daily.
(UK, slang) a daily disposable.
(video games) A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
The method or media used to keep such experiences.
(British, Canada) A calendar or appointment book.
(obsolete) Lasting for one day.
* Francis Bacon
As adjectives the difference between daily and diary
is that daily is quotidian, that occurs every day, or at least every working day while diary is lasting for one day.As nouns the difference between daily and diary
is that daily is a newspaper that is published every day while diary is a daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.As an adverb daily
is quotidianly, every day.daily
English
Adjective
(-)- Give us this day our daily bread.
- Bunyan has told us that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.
- Man hath his daily work of body or mind / Appointed, which declares his dignity, / And the regard of Heaven on all his ways.
Adverb
(-)Noun
(dailies)Synonyms
* daily help * daily maid (woman only)See also
* quotidian * everydayAnagrams
* English frequency adverbsdiary
English
(Personal journal)Noun
(diaries)- They kept separate diaries'''. His was on paper and her '''diary was on her computer's hard drive.
Synonyms
* daybook * journalDerived terms
* diaristCoordinate terms
* calendar * daybook * chronicle * logAdjective
(-)- The offer of a usurpation, though it was but as a diary ague.