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historical record vs history

history vs historical record

historical record and history both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
historical record Yes No No No
history Yes No No No
As nouns, history is a hypernym of historical record; that is, history is a word with a broader meaning than historical record:
  • historical record: writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)
  • history: a record or narrative description of past events
Other hypernyms of historical record include account, chronicle, story.
historical record (noun) history (noun)
writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.) the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
a record or narrative description of past events
the aggregate of past events
the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
Difference between historical record and history

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