A diary is a record kept on paper or digitally that details the events of a day or longer period of time in separate entries. Traditional diaries were written by hand, but nowadays many people use digital ones instead. A personal diary is a record of the author's thoughts, feelings, and experiences; it does not include commentary on matters of public interest. A diary-keeper is also called a diarist. Many parts of human civilization rely on institutional diaries, such as government records (such as Hansard), commercial ledgers, and military records. The word can also mean a ready-made issue of a publication in British English.

The phrase is now commonly used for private journals that may be shared only with close friends and family. A diary is one in which entries are made every day (from the Latin word for "day"), while a journal may be written less frequently.

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A diary is often written for the author's own use and is not intended for publication, though it may be used as source material for a memoir, autobiography, or biography. Some diaries, such as those kept by Ned Rorem, Alan Clark, Tony Benn, and Simon Gray, have revealed internal evidence in recent years suggesting that they were written with publication in mind, with the purpose of self-vindication (pre- or postmortem), or just for profit.

Diary can also apply to different types of journals, such as electronic ones, as well as to printed publications of diaries.
Etymology
The Latin term diarium is where we get our word "diary." Journal derives from the same source, the Old French jurnal (the current French term for "day" is jour).

Ben Jonson's comedy Volpone from 1605 features the first known use of the word "diary" to refer to a book in which a daily record is maintained.

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