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Diary vs Entry - What's the difference?

diary | entry |

As nouns the difference between diary and entry

is that diary is a daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer while entry is (uncountable) the act of entering.

As a adjective diary

is (obsolete) lasting for one day.

diary

English

(Personal journal)

Noun

(diaries)
  • A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
  • The method or media used to keep such experiences.
    • They kept separate diaries'''. His was on paper and her '''diary was on her computer's hard drive.
  • (British, Canada) A calendar or appointment book.

    • Synonyms

    * daybook * journal

    Derived terms

    * diarist

    Related terms

    * diurnal * journal

    Coordinate terms

    * calendar * daybook * chronicle * log

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Lasting for one day.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • The offer of a usurpation, though it was but as a diary ague.

    External links

    * * *

    Anagrams

    * dairy

    entry

    English

    (wikipedia entry)

    Alternative forms

    * entery (chiefly archaic)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of entering.
  • (uncountable) Permission to enter.
    • entry for children only if accompanied by an adult
  • A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
  • A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
  • A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
  • An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia; a record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
    • What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?
  • (linear algebra) A term at any position in a matrix.
    • The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
  • The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.

    • Usage notes

    Ambiguity Prevention * Correct: entry for children * Not: entry to children as this means that you are entering TO (get to) a child. It is incorrect.

    Synonyms

    * (act of entering ): access, entering, entrance * (permission to enter ): access, admission * (doorway that provides a means of entering a building ): entrance, ingang, way in (British) * (room just inside the front door of a building ): entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule, ingang * (group within a church ): * (article in a dictionary or encyclopedia ): article * (record in a log ): record * (term in a matrix ): element * (item of data in a database ):

    Antonyms

    * (act of entering ): departure, exit, exiting, leaving * (doorway that provides a means of entering a building ): exit, way out (British)

    Related terms

    (terms related to entry) * enter * entrance

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from entry) * door entry system * entryway * no entry