how much more does 1000 earn in eight years compounded daily at 5% than $1000 over eight years at 5% compounded semiannually?
compounded daily it will grow to
1000(1+0.05/365)^(365*8)
compounded 6 monthly it will grow to
1000(1+0.05/2)^(2*8)
you can do the rest