journal vs annals

journal and annals both are nouns.

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

As nouns, annals is a hyponym of journal; that is, annals is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than journal:

journal (noun)	annals (noun)
the part of the axle contained by a bearing	a chronological account of events in successive years
a record book as a physical object	reports of the work of a society or learned body etc
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