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Entire day vs Whole day

Both 'entire day' and 'whole day' are correct English phrases. They're interchangeable and can be used to refer to the complete duration of a day. There's no significant difference in meaning between the two phrases.
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Entire day

The phrase 'entire day' is correct and commonly used in English to refer to the full duration of a day.

This phrase is used to emphasize that the entire day, from morning to night, is being referred to.

Examples:

  • I spent the entire day at the beach.
  • She worked the entire day on her project.
  • 17 hours ago ... To get to the person behind the persona, I decided to take two days to eat exactly like Kamala Harris and Donald Trump for an entire day in an ...
  • Jan 9, 2022 ... 246 votes, 29 comments. I have wasted my entire day even when I woke up early ..... Why do I do this I was studying in the morning and I ...
  • Is there a way to see my entire day? Tips, Tricks & Best Practices. Search Tips, Tricks & Best Practices for solutions or ask a question. All Results, This ...
  • Sep 18, 2018 ... I can go through the entire day with having little to no interaction with another human. No one texts me throughout the day, no one talks to me before or after ...
  • Aug 25, 2022 ... I can't click and drag to select an entire day (my school does a rotating schedule so I have classes that do not repeat at the same time ...
  • Jun 23, 2015 ... I am trying to color individual days with an all day event using the "busy status" and it is not coloring my entire day like it used to in ...
  • Feb 12, 2019 ... Is there a way that I can see the entire day (6am to 10pm, say) without scrolling? On my screen, the calendar shows 12 hours of the day, so ...
  • Jun 6, 2016 ... In my previous version of Outlook, when I scheduled an all day event and marked it as such, it shaded the entire day so quickly at a glance ...
  • Dec 4, 2019 ... I end up procrastinating and spending my entire day using my phone when I have to study. I am really scared for myself. I seriously need ...
  • Dec 20, 2020 ... Why I started reading for an entire day every week. Recently, I watched an interesting program on Netflix called Inside Bill's Brain, and I was ...

Alternatives:

  • whole day
  • full day
  • complete day
  • the whole day

Whole day

The phrase 'whole day' is correct and commonly used in English to indicate the complete duration of a day.

This phrase is used to convey that the entire day, from morning to night, is being referred to.

Examples:

  • He spent the whole day exploring the city.
  • We had a picnic the whole day.
  • Jul 20, 2011 ... From the choice you have given. I'm there all day. is correct. A possible phrase using whole would be. I'm there [for] the whole day.
  • Our Whole Day for Whole Grain event is an amazing celebration of the flavors and health benefits of whole grains, and we've got a wide variety of ideas for how ...
  • Jul 22, 2024 ... Why do I need to wait a whole day to fight skeletron? ... I'm so pissed because I've been trying to kill Skeletron for the last 3 hours and I only ...
  • Oct 13, 2022 ... At the weeks view, can I remove the part showing events at specific times and instead just show the events that span the whole day?
  • Jun 4, 2021 ... ... work. I had to work during my past few CD too. but if the community day is a whole day long it will be tiring as hell. Upvote 6. Downvote Award
  • I've been procrastinating the whole day. I haven't done anything today, I'm such a loser. Nothing done, again. Why do I always end up watching YouTube ...
  • Dec 1, 2022 ... Calendar view doesn't show the whole day. Since the most current iOS update, when I check my calendar, it is so zoomed in, it only shows a ...
  • Mar 18, 2017 ... Both the whole day and for the whole day are correct in the following sentences and they essentially mean the same thing.
  • Jul 26, 2015 ... No, "would" conveys the habitual action. All the varieties of "whole day" are idiomatic. (3 does not mean the same as 1 and 2)
  • Jun 6, 2016 ... ... event and marked it as such, it shaded the entire day so quickly at a glance I could tell that I was marked as busy the whole day. Now.

Alternatives:

  • entire day
  • full day
  • complete day
  • the whole day

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