What is the main difference between a diary and a log?

Answer 1

a diary is were you keep youre secrets and a lettr is for someone can read it

A diary is *where* you keep *you're* secrets and a *letter* is for someone else to read from you, the sender.

Answer 2

A diary is typically a personal record of thoughts, feelings, and experiences, while a log is more focused on documenting events, activities, or observations in a systematic way. Diaries are often more introspective and subjective, while logs tend to be more objective and factual.

Answer 3

A novel is a retelling of a story or event by an author either in first, second, or third person. Many authors write in first person, however that does not mean that the novel becomes a diary. The book "Room" is a prime example of this. It is told through the child's eyes and perspective however doesn't have any clear indicators of time, and the child was fictitious.

In contrast, the Diary of Anne Frank has specific date indicators, the story line is made up more of small, individual events and emotions with the aim of recording, not entertaining. There may not necessarily be a "story" in a diary, but the 'story' is told almost secondhand through the other musings and events.

Diaries tend to lend a more intimate insight to the person or protagonist and is often more historically accurate, and non-fictionally based.

Answer 4

journals are for writing what has happened today stuff for an assigment or things you want to say just to a friend not top secret like she/he dont care if someone reads it cuz it doesn't have secrets or shocking stuff. Diary is for secrets and top secret stuff that you dont want anybody to read it will be terrifing if you parents read it or if your crush read it after you wrote your crush

Answer 5

They mean the same: a daily report or chronicle. Journal comes from the French word for day, journée. Diary comes from the Latin word for day, dies.

Answer 6

A biography is a book about someone's life. A diary is a daily journal. Diary derived from Latin 'dies' meaning day.

Answer 7

A diary is for personal writing and reading. A Log is recording information in written form for others to read