As nouns the difference between tuesday and today
is that tuesday is the third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the iso 8601 norm; it follows monday and precedes wednesday while today is a current day or date.
As adverbs the difference between tuesday and today
is that tuesday is on tuesday while today is on the current day or date.
tuesday
English
(Week-day names)
Noun
(
en noun)
The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.
Derived terms
* Black Tuesday
* ecstasy Tuesday
* Fasten-Tuesday, Fastens-Tuesday
* Fat Tuesday
* Happy Tuesday
* Hock Tuesday
* Holy Tuesday
* Mini-Tuesday
* Pancake Tuesday
* Patch Tuesday
* Pentecost Tuesday
* see you next Tuesday
* Shroft Tuesday
* Shrove Tuesday
* suicide Tuesday
* Super Tuesday
*
* Tue, Tues
* Tuesday blues
* Tuesday Group
* Tuesdays
* Whitsun Tuesday
* Whit Tuesday, Whit-Tuesday
Adverb
(-)
on Tuesday
See also
*
today
English
Alternative forms
* to-day (archaic)
Adverb
(
-)
On the current day or date.
-
-
In the current era; nowadays.
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, title=[http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21579879-buy-out-firm-really-does-focus-operational-improvements-engineers Engineers of a different kind]
, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
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Noun
(
en noun)
A current day or date.
-
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, title=
, passage=Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again
today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …}}
Synonyms
* current day
* this day
Usage notes
Todays is a mostly literary plural. It refers to days that we experience, have experienced or will experience as "today". More colloquial are (these days) and (nowadays).
See also
* nowadays
* hodiernal
* yesterday
* tomorrow night
* tonight
* last night
* nudiustertian
