different between diary vs journey

English

Etymology

From Latin di?rium (“a daily allowance for soldiers, in Late Latin also ‘diary’”), neuter of *di?rius, from di?s (“a day”) (whence also journal). Cognate with Spanish diario (“daily; diary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da???i/, /?da??i/
• Rhymes: -a??ri, -a??i

Noun

diary (plural diaries)

1. A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
2. (Britain, Canada) A personal organizer or appointment diary.

Synonyms

• daybook
• journal

Coordinate terms

• calendar
• daybook
• chronicle
• log

Derived terms

• diarism
• diarist

Related terms

• diurnal
• journal

Descendants

• ? Hindi: ????? (??yr?)

Translations

Adjective

diary (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Lasting for one day.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, a letter to the Lord Chancellor, touching the History of Britain

     the offer of a usurpation, though it were but as a diary ague

Verb

diary (third-person singular simple present diaries, present participle diarying, simple past and past participle diaried)

1. (intransitive) To keep a diary or journal.
   • 2015, Hugh O'Donovan, Mindful Walking

     As part of her mindful movement practise, diarying is important to Sarah. 'It gives me a chance to see what is going on, to reflect on my experience.'

Further reading

• diary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• diary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• diary at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• dairy, yaird

English

Etymology

From Middle English journe, jorney, from Old French jornee, from Medieval Latin diurnata (“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus (“daily”), from di?s (“day”). Displaced native reys.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???ni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d????ni/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ni

Noun

journey (plural journeys)

1. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.

2. (figuratively) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.

3. (obsolete) A day.
4. (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
5. (obsolete) A day's work.
6. The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
7. (collective, colloquial) A group of giraffes.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:journey

Translations

Verb

journey (third-person singular simple present journeys, present participle journeying, simple past and past participle journeyed)

1. To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

Synonyms

• wayfare

Translations

Further reading

• journey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• journey in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• journey at OneLook Dictionary Search

Middle English

Noun

journey

1. Alternative form of journe