annals vs journal

annals and journal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
annals	Yes	No	No	No
journal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, journal is a hypernym of annals; that is, journal is a word with a broader meaning than annals:

annals (noun)	journal (noun)
a chronological account of events in successive years	the part of the axle contained by a bearing
reports of the work of a society or learned body etc	a record book as a physical object
	a periodical dedicated to a particular subject
	a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
	a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred