Is there a difference between 'this Friday' and 'next Friday'?

People generally understand next Friday as the Friday after this, that is, if you are on a Thursday, and someone tells you to meet him next Friday, it doesn't mean the next day, but rather, Friday week, the Friday after. Some pedantics will believe and argue that it is, as you say, the Friday that comes next. That is valid reasoning. read more

By the same token, if I were talking about the Friday seven days after that, I'd call it Friday week on the above Saturday and Sunday, reverting to "next Friday* afterwards. Except that by ... just not the case in common speech. "Next Friday" can mean the upcoming Friday or the one after that; If it's important, ask for clarification! read more

This Friday refers to the Friday in this week. Next Friday refers to the Friday in next week. If it is Saturday, this Friday was yesterday and next Friday is in 6 days. If it is Thursday, this Friday is tomorrow and next Friday is in 8 days. read more

"If the current day IS Friday, of course,"this Friday" refers to today (in an odd way), and"next Friday" would be in 7 days."Just my opinion. No clear-thinking person should use"this Friday" and"next Friday" interchangeably."Okay. read more