Often vs Daily - What's the difference?
often | daily |
Frequently, many times.
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, title= 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.
As adverbs the difference between often and daily
is that often is frequently, many times 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.often
English
Adverb
(en-adv)Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often , their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}
Synonyms
* frequently * occasionally * usuallyAntonyms
* infrequently * rarely * seldomDerived terms
* as often as notdaily
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.