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Dairy vs. Diary
Dairy
/ˈdeəri/Examples:
The Dairy is just over the way and round the corner.'She visits the local dairy every Friday to buy fresh milk.The farm also runs a small dairy with cheese-making tours.
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Diary
/ˈdaɪəri/Examples:
Winston sat at the table and opened his diary.Phileas Fogg simply wrote how late they were in his diary.He began to read on in Yasuko's diary.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Dairy has an a for animals because it's related to producing milk from animals.
- Diary has an i, which you can remember as standing for I write since diaries are for writing personal thoughts.
- Think of air in dairy (as in airy cheese) and I in diary for I record my day.
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