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Diary vs Everyday - What's the difference?

diary | everyday |

As nouns the difference between diary and everyday

is that diary is a daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer while everyday is (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion.

As adjectives the difference between diary and everyday

is that diary is (obsolete) lasting for one day while everyday is appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.

As an adverb everyday is

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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

    everyday

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions
  • * 1906 , , Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
    • When they had gone, Bobbie put on her everyday frock, and went down to the railway.
  • commonplace, ordinary
  • * 2010 , Malcolm Knox, The Monthly , April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 42:
    • Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe.

    Synonyms

    * mundane * quotidian * routine * unremarkable * workaday

    Adverb

    (head)

    • Usage notes

    When describing the frequency of an event, it is considered correct to separate the individual words: every hour'', ''every day'', ''every week , etc.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion