Daily vs Doily - What's the difference?
daily | doily |
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 small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.
As nouns the difference between daily and doily
is that daily is a newspaper that is published every day while doily is a small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.As an adjective daily
is quotidian, that occurs every day, or at least every working day.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.