What is the difference between 'no' and 'not'?

No is used as an adjective before singular and plural nouns. It means 'not a' or 'not any': There were no girls at the party. I have no time to ... SkiptomaincontentSkiptoprimarysidebarInEnglish,noandnothavesimilarmeanings,buttheyareusedindifferentways.Itisveryeasytobeconfusedaboutthesewords. Inthispost,Iwillexplainthedifference. No Noisusedasanexclamation: “CanIhelpyou?”“No.Everythingisokay.” “Doyoulikethissoup?”“No.” Noisusedasanadjectivebeforesingularandpluralnouns.Itmeans‘nota’or‘notany’: Therewerenogirlsattheparty. Ihavenotimetohelpyou.I’mtoobusy. not Notisusedasanadverbtomakeasentencenegative.Itisoftenusedwiththeverb‘be’: Johnisnotathometoday. Theexercisewasn’t(=wasnot)difficult. Notisoftenusedtomakeanadjectiveoradverbnegative: Johnplaysthepiano,butnotverywell. “Howareyou?”“Nottoobad.” However,theadjectivegoodcanbecombinedwithbothnotandno: “Howwasthefilm?”“Nogoodatall.” “Howwasthefilm?”“Notgoodatall.” Notisoftenusedinshortreplieswithanumberofverbs: “Wasthepartygood?”“I’mafraidnot.” “Isitgoingtoraintomorrow?”“Ihopenot.” “Areyougoingouttonight?”“Ithinknot.” ReaderInteractionsComments WhatisthedifferencebetweenNoandNot?Please,makemeunderstandaboutthesewordsforthatIeverthankfultoyou… Reply Reallyhelpful Reply Whichiscorrect: TheticketsshallbeusednotlaterthanDecember25,2015. or TheticketsshallbeusednolaterthanDecember25,2015. Reply Hi,botharecorrectbut‘nolaterthan’ismorecommonandalsoslightlymoreformal. Reply Veryhelpful Reply Itsveryhelpfull Iwanttoshareathingthatthewordnot”wecanusetomakeaclauseorexpressionnegativebyputting“not”beforeit Reply informatoinisgoodwewantmore Reply advanceandlatestdifrencebetweennoandnot Reply Thankyou,there.MayIsay,“Iamnoboy.”insteadof“Iamnotaboy.”sinceno=nota? Reply Hello,yesyoucan.Butthecontextisdifferent.Youcansay“Iamnoboy”whenyouremindsomebody(ofteninajokingway)thatyoudonothavethecharacteristicsofaboy.Forexample: “DoyouthinkIenjoyplayingrugby,listeningtorapmusicandtalkingaboutcars?I’mnoboy!” Reply LeaveaReplyCancelreplyYouremailaddresswillnotbepublished.Requiredfieldsaremarked*Comment*Name* Email* Website PrimarySidebarCategories BenefitsofLearningLanguagesConfusingwordsinEnglishEnglishgrammarLanguageLearningResourcesTravelTypicalmistakesinEnglish SpeakNaturalEnglish EssentialCoursetoHelpyouCommunicateLikeaNativeSpeaker EnrollNow NativeSpeakerOnlineonFacebook