Diurnal vs. Once
Diurnaladjective
Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
Diurnaladjective
(botany) Said of a flower open, or releasing its perfume during daylight hours, but not at night.
Diurnaladjective
Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours, usually referring to tasks, processes, tides, or sunrise to sunset; circadian.
Diurnaladjective
(uncommon) Done once every day; daily, quotidian.
Diurnaladjective
(archaic) Published daily.
Diurnalnoun
A flower that opens only in the day.
Diurnalnoun
(Catholicism) A book containing canonical offices performed during the day, hence not matins.
Diurnalnoun
(archaic) A diary or journal.
Diurnalnoun
(archaic) A daily news publication.
Diurnaladjective
Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; - opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.
Diurnaladjective
Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth.
Diurnaladjective
Opening during the day, and closing at night; - said of flowers or leaves.
Diurnaladjective
Active by day; - applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.
Diurnalnoun
A daybook; a journal.
Diurnalnoun
A small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.
Diurnalnoun
A diurnal bird or insect.
Diurnaladjective
belonging to or active during the day;
Diurnaladjective
having a daily cycle or occurring every day;
Onceadverb
(frequency) One and only one time.
Onceadverb
(temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past.
Onceadverb
(mathematics) Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.
Onceadverb
As soon as.
Onceadverb
(obsolete) At a future time.
Onceconjunction
As soon as; when; after.
Oncenoun
The ounce.
Onceadverb
For one time; by limitation to the number one; not twice nor any number of times more than one.
Onceadverb
At some one period of time; - used indefinitely.
Onceadverb
At any one time; - often nearly equivalent to ever, if ever, or whenever; as, once kindled, it may not be quenched.
Onceadjective
belonging to some prior time;
Onceadverb
on one occasion;
Onceadverb
as soon as;
Onceadverb
at a previous time;
