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Intermittently vs Daily - What's the difference?

intermittently | daily |

As adverbs the difference between intermittently and daily

is that intermittently is stopping or starting at intervals while daily is quotidianly, every day.

As an adjective daily is

quotidian, that occurs every day, or at least every working day.

As a noun daily is

a newspaper that is published every day.

intermittently

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Stopping or starting at intervals.

    • Related terms

    * intermittent * intermittence

    Synonyms

    * sporadically English frequency adverbs

    daily

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • quotidian, that occurs every day, or at least every working day
  • * Bible, Matthew vi. 11
    • Give us this day our daily bread.
  • * Macaulay
    • Bunyan has told us that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.
  • * Milton
    • Man hath his daily work of body or mind / Appointed, which declares his dignity, / And the regard of Heaven on all his ways.
  • diurnal, by daylight, as opposed to nightly

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • quotidianly, every day
  • diurnally, by daylight

    • Noun

    (dailies)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * daily help * daily maid (woman only)

    See also

    * quotidian * everyday

    Anagrams

    * English frequency adverbs