different between journal vs epic

English

Alternative forms

• journall (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“daily”), from Old French jornel (“day”) (French journal), from Latin diurn?lis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from di?s (“day”) (whence also diary), from *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dy?ws (“heaven, sky”). Doublet of diurnal and the journal from French. The sound change from Latin to French (‘diur’ to ‘jor’) is due to the ‘i’ changing to a ‘j’, followed by the ‘d’ being dropped; compare French jour (“day”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: jûr?n?l, IPA^(key): /?d???n?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d????n?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
• Hyphenation: jour?nal

Noun

journal (plural journals)

1. A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
2. A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

3. (accounting) A chronological record of payments.
4. (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.
5. (engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

Usage notes

In the sense “daily record”, diary and journal are often used interchangeably. When usage is distinguished, diary refers more strictly to a personal daily record, while journal is used more loosely, for example for less frequent, thematic personal writing.

Synonyms

• (daily record): daybook, diary

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

journal (third-person singular simple present journals, present participle journaling or journalling, simple past and past participle journaled or journalled)

1. To archive or record something.
2. To scrapbook.
3. To insert (a shaft, etc.) in a journal bearing.

Adjective

journal (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Daily.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xi:

     his faint steedes watred in Ocean deepe, / Whiles from their iournall labours they did rest [...].

Related terms

• diary
• diurnal
• Jupiter

Etymology 2

From French journal. Doublet of diurnal and the journal from Middle English.

Noun

journal (plural journaux)

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References

French

Etymology

From Old French journal (“daily”), from Latin diurn?lis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from di?s (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?.nal/

Adjective

journal (feminine singular journale, masculine plural journaux, feminine plural journales)

1. That is relative to each day; journal.

Noun

journal m (plural journaux)

1. diary, journal
2. newspaper

   Hyponym: feuille de chou

3. periodical
4. newsbreak

5. (computing) log

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: journal
• ? Esperanto: ?urnalo
  • Ido: jurnalo
• ? Polish: ?urnal
• ? Russian: ??????? (žurnál), ???????? (žurnál)
  • ? Armenian: ??????? (žu?nal)
  • ? Azerbaijani: jurnal
  • ? Bashkir: ?????? (žurnal)
  • ? Georgian: ??????? (žurnali)
  • ? Kazakh: ?????? (jwrnal)
  • ? Kyrgyz: ?????? (curnal)
  • ? Mongolian: ?????? (jurnal)
  • ? Tajik: ?????? (žurnal)
  • ? Tatar: ?????? (jurnal)
  • ? Turkmen: žurnal
  • ? Uyghur: ??????? (zhurnal)
  • ? Uzbek: jurnal
• ? Yiddish: ????????? (zhurnal)

Further reading

• “journal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• jornal, jornel, journel, jurnel

Etymology

From Latin diurn?lis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from di?s (“day”).

Adjective

journal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular journale)

1. daily

Descendants

• French: journal
  • ? English: journal
  • ? Esperanto: ?urnalo
    • Ido: jurnalo
  • ? Polish: ?urnal
  • ? Russian: ??????? (žurnál), ???????? (žurnál)
    • ? Armenian: ??????? (žu?nal)
    • ? Azerbaijani: jurnal
    • ? Bashkir: ?????? (žurnal)
    • ? Georgian: ??????? (žurnali)
    • ? Kazakh: ?????? (jwrnal)
    • ? Kyrgyz: ?????? (curnal)
    • ? Mongolian: ?????? (jurnal)
    • ? Tajik: ?????? (žurnal)
    • ? Tatar: ?????? (jurnal)
    • ? Turkmen: žurnal
    • ? Uyghur: ??????? (zhurnal)
    • ? Uzbek: jurnal
  • ? Yiddish: ????????? (zhurnal)
• ? Middle English: journal
  • English: journal

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French journal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????l/

Noun

journal c

1. a journal, a magazine, a periodical

Declension

Related terms

References

• journal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Alternative forms

• epick (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??p.?k/
• Rhymes: -?p?k

Etymology 1

From Middle French épique, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (epikós), from ???? (épos, “word, story”).

Noun

epic (plural epics)

1. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.

2. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic.

3. (computing) In software development, a large or extended user story.

Synonyms

• épopée
• epos

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

epic (comparative more epic, superlative most epic)

1. Of or relating to an epic.

   Synonym: epical

   • 1983, Jan Knappert, Epic Poetry in Swahili and other African Languages, p. 58:

     The main theme of epic poetry is, of course, the hero, his life, his greatness of character, his deeds and his death.

2. Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character

   • China's epic traffic jam "vanished" [title of article]

3. (colloquial, slang, informal) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.

   Synonyms: extraordinary, momentous, remarkable

Derived terms

• epically
• epicness
• epic fail

Translations

Etymology 2

From epi-, from Ancient Greek ??? (epí, “on top of”).

Adjective

epic (not comparable)

1. (category theory, of a morphism) That is an epimorphism.

Anagrams

• ECPI, pice

Danish

Etymology

From English epic, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (epikós), from ???? (épos, “word, story”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?k/

Adjective

epic (neuter epic, plural and definite singular attributive epic)

1. (slang, informal) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary; extraordinary, momentous, great.

   Det var virkeligt epic.

Romanian

Etymology

From French épique, from Latin epicus.

Adjective

epic m or n (feminine singular epic?, masculine plural epici, feminine and neuter plural epice)

1. epic

Declension