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Diary
A diary is a record (originally in handwritten format) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person’s experiences, thoughts, and/or feelings, excluding comments on current events outside the writer’s direct experience. Someone who keeps a diary is known as a diarist. Diaries undertaken for institutional purposes play a role in many aspects of human civilization, including government records (e.g. Hansard), business ledgers, and military records. In British English, the word may also denote a preprinted journal format.
Today the term is generally employed for personal diaries, normally intended to remain private or to have a limited circulation amongst friends or relatives. The word “journal” may be sometimes used for “diary,” but generally a diary has (or intends to have) daily entries, whereas journal-writing can be less frequent.
Although a diary may provide information for a memoir, autobiography or biography, it is generally written not with the intention of being published as it stands, but for the author’s own use. In recent years, however, there is internal evidence in some diaries (e.g. those of Ned Rorem, Alan Clark, Tony Benn or Simon Gray) that they are written with eventual publication in mind, with the intention of self-vindication (pre- or posthumous), or simply for profit.
By extension the term diary is also used to mean a printed publication of a written diary; and may also refer to other terms of journal including electronic formats (e.g. blogs).
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Diary (noun)
A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
“They kept separate diaries. His was on paper and her diary was on her computer’s hard drive.”
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Diary (noun)
A personal organizer or appointment diary.
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Diary (adjective)
Lasting for one day.
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Diary (verb)
To keep a diary or journal.
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Planner (noun)
One who plans.
“Johnny is a good planner. He starts his work in time to get it finished by the deadline.”
“Ms. Gunston is a planner for the county.”
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Planner (noun)
A notebook or software in which one keeps reminders of items such as appointments, tasks, projects, and contacts.
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Diary (noun)
a book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences.
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Diary (noun)
a book with spaces for each day of the year in which one notes appointments or information.
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Diary (noun)
a column in a newspaper or magazine giving news or gossip on a particular topic
“the City Diary”
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Planner (noun)
a person who makes plans
“curriculum planners”
“economic planners”
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Planner (noun)
a person who controls or plans urban development
“city planners”
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Planner (noun)
a list or chart with information that is an aid to planning
“my day planner”