Difference between Day and Date

What is the difference between Day and Date?

Day as a noun is a period of 24 hours. while Date as a noun is the fruit of the date palm. this sweet fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.

Day

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A period of 24 hours. The period from midnight to the following midnight. There are 7 days in a week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Rotational period of a planet (especially earth). The part of a day period which one spends at one's job, school, etc. Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight, daytime.

Date

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charterTo note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of.To determine the age of something; as, to date the building of the pyramids.To take (someone) on a series of dates.To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The fruit of the date palm. This sweet fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.The date palm itself.That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. A specific day.A point in time, as in You may need that at a later date.Assigned end; conclusion.Given or assigned length of life; duration.A pre-arranged social meeting.A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.anus.

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