journal — meaning in English

English meaning

• diary noun A book in which someone records their daily thoughts, feelings, or experiences.
• journal noun A personal diary where someone regularly records thoughts or events.
• newspaper noun A regularly printed or published set of pages reporting news, opinion, and other articles.

Senses

journal is used for these senses in English:

• journal A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
• journal (accounting) A chronological record of payments or receipts.
• journal (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
• newspaper (countable, metonym) The news organization that produces such a publication.

diary — full definition

1. noun A book in which someone records their daily thoughts, feelings, or experiences.
2. noun (British) A book or app for recording appointments and plans; a personal organizer.

journal — full definition

1. noun A personal diary where someone regularly records thoughts or events.
2. noun A periodical publication, especially one focused on a specialized or academic subject.
3. noun A running record of financial transactions or of changes made to a system.
4. verb To write regularly in a diary as a form of reflection.

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