annual vs journal

annual

noun
  • An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication. 

  • An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial. 

  • A medical checkup taking place once a year. 

  • A pantomime taking place once a year. 

adj
  • Happening once every year. 

  • Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual. 

  • Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial. 

  • Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies. 

  • an annual general meeting; an annual publication 

journal

noun
  • A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject. 

  • A general journal. 

  • The amount of land that can be worked in a day. 

  • The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings. 

  • 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. 

  • A chronological record of payments or receipts. 

  • A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook. 

verb
  • To scrapbook. 

  • To archive or record something. 

  • To insert (a shaft, an axle, etc) into a journal bearing. 

  • To insert (a shaft, etc.) in a journal bearing. 

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