different between daily vs hourly

English

Alternative forms

• dayly (archaic)

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?li, IPA^(key): /?de?li/
• Rhymes: -e?li

Etymology 1

From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæ?l??, from Proto-Germanic *dagal?kaz (“daily”), equivalent to day +? -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

Adjective

daily (not comparable)

1. That occurs every day, or at least every working day
   • 1831, Thomas Babington Macaulay, John Bunyan

     Bunyan has told us […] that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.
2. diurnal, by daylight, as opposed to nightly

Synonyms

• journal (obsolete)
• quotidian

Derived terms

• daily bread
• daily double

Translations

Noun

daily (plural dailies)

1. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
   1. A newspaper that is published every day.
   2. (Britain) A cleaner who comes in daily.
   3. (Britain, slang) A daily disposable.
   4. (video games) A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
   5. (US, automotive, colloquial) A daily driver.

Synonyms

• (cleaner who comes daily): daily help, daily maid (woman only)
• (newspaper published every day): daily paper

Translations

Verb

daily

1. (US, automotive, colloquial) To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæ?l??e (found only as dæ?hw?ml??e), equivalent to day +? -ly.

Adverb

daily (not comparable)

1. quotidianly, every day
2. diurnally, by daylight

Translations

See also

• annual
• everyday
• hebdomadal
• monthly
• nightly
• quotidian
• weekly
• yearly

Anagrams

• Lydia, lydia, ylaid

English

Etymology

hour +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a???li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?a???li/

Adjective

hourly (not comparable)

1. Occurring every hour.
2. Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.

Derived terms

• bihourly, bi-hourly
• half-hourly
• semihourly, semi-hourly
• two-hourly

Translations

Adverb

hourly (not comparable)

1. At intervals of an hour.

   Express buses depart hourly.

Derived terms

• bihourly
• half-hourly
• semihourly, semi-hourly

Translations

Noun

hourly (plural hourlies)

1. Something produced each hour.

   She never reads her hourly report, but let her hourlies be fifteen minutes late and she raises a ruckus.